Holzleitner, I. J. , Lee, A. J. , Hahn, A. C. , Kandrik, M. , Bovet, J., Renoult, J. P., Simmons, D. , Garrod, O., Debruine, L. and Jones, B. C. (2019) Comparing theory-driven and data-driven attractiveness models using images of real women's faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45(12), pp. 1589-1595. (doi: 10.1037/xhp0000685) (PMID:31556686)
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Abstract
Facial attractiveness plays a critical role in social interaction, influencing many different social outcomes. However, the factors that influence facial attractiveness judgments remain relatively poorly understood. Here, we used a sample of 594 young adult female face images to compare the performance of existing theory-driven models of facial attractiveness and a data-driven (i.e., theory-neutral) model. Our data-driven model and a theory-driven model including various traits commonly studied in facial attractiveness research (asymmetry, averageness, sexual dimorphism, body mass index, and representational sparseness) performed similarly well. By contrast, univariate theory-driven models performed relatively poorly. These results (a) highlight the utility of data driven models of facial attractiveness and (b) suggest that theory-driven research on facial attractiveness would benefit from greater adoption of multivariate approaches, rather than the univariate approaches that they currently almost exclusively employ.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Garrod, Dr Oliver and Hahn, Dr Amanda and Simmons, Dr David and DeBruine, Professor Lisa and Kandrik, Dr Michal and Lee, Dr Anthony and Jones, Professor Benedict and Holzleitner, Dr Iris |
| Authors: | Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Hahn, A. C., Kandrik, M., Bovet, J., Renoult, J. P., Simmons, D., Garrod, O., Debruine, L., and Jones, B. C. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience College of Science and Engineering > School of Psychology |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance |
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
| ISSN: | 0096-1523 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1939-1277 |
| Published Online: | 26 September 2019 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2019 APA |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 45(12):1589-1595 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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