Symmetrical faces by hemiface reflections are not more attractive than the natural ones / Faces simétricas por reflexão das hemifaces não são mais atraentes que as faces naturais

In order to investigate whether symmetry is related to facial attractiveness, a computer graphic software generated symmetrical faces by reflecting the right and the left hemiface of twenty frontal faces (10F, 10M) of young adults from black-and-white pictures. Applying an analogical visual scale, s...

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Main Authors: Luciana Maria da Silva, Sérgio Sheiji Fukusima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2010-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722010000300007&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt