Face-to-Face: An Investigation of Social Comparisons of Facial Attractiveness
Alyssa Saiphoo
Abstract:<p>Exposure to a face triggers a series of judgments about the person to which the face belongs. Some of the most widely studied judgments humans make from faces are evaluative judgments of facial attractiveness. These judgments are made frequently, automatically, and have important implications for judgments of other important social characteristics like trustworthiness and personality. A relatively understudied set of facial attractiveness judgments that are made from faces are comparative judgments, o… Show more
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