Women’s Probability of Conception Is Associated with their Preference for Flirtatious but not Masculine Facial Movement

Morrison, Edward R.; Clark, Andrew P.; Gralewski, Lisa; Campbell, Neill; Penton-Voak, Ian S.

doi:10.1007/s10508-009-9527-1

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“…The phase of the menstrual cycle in which women made their judgments is known to affect attractiveness judgments in static (Penton‐Voak et al. 1999, Penton‐Voak and Perrett 2000) and moving (Morrison et al. 2009) faces.…”

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Manipulating Shape Cues in Dynamic Human Faces: Sexual Dimorphism is Preferred in Female but not Male Faces

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Sexual dimorphism in the human face has been linked to attractiveness, and computer-graphic techniques have been useful in this field by allowing experimental manipulation of dimorphism. However, a limitation of much research is its reliance on static pictorial stimuli, whereas real faces are dynamic, as is much courtship behaviour throughout nature. Furthermore, little is known about possible interactions between static and dynamic facial cues and attractiveness. We adapted well-established face-morphing technology to manipulate sexual dimorphism in male and female dynamic facial displays depicting prosocial and antisocial behaviour. Masculinised and feminised versions of these videos were presented as a two-alternative forced choice task to measure preferences. Feminised female videos were preferred in both movement contexts, as expected. More surprisingly, no directional preference for masculinity or femininity was evident for the male videos in either context. Further analysis showed that the movement of the faces (prosocial vs. antisocial) had no effect on attractiveness ratings. Results were the same with static stimuli and did not conflict with findings from the wider literature using static faces. These findings suggest that the new technique we describe is a valid way to manipulate facial shape in videos and can now be widely applied to future studies of facial morphing.Peer reviewe

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“…In humans, motion‐capture techniques have shown that body movement can indicate body symmetry (Brown et al. 2005), and facial movement can indicate emotional expression (Bassili 1978, 1979; Rubenstein 2005) and flirtatiousness (Morrison et al. 2009).…”

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Manipulating Shape Cues in Dynamic Human Faces: Sexual Dimorphism is Preferred in Female but not Male Faces

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“…Motion-capture studies of human gait have shown that women prefer masculine movement, especially when they are in the fertile phase of their menstrual cycles and when they are more open to short-term mating (Provost, Troje & Quinsey, 2008). These findings parallel work on facial motion, which suggests that sex-typical movement is attractive in female faces (Morrison, Gralewski, Campbell, & Penton-Voak, 2007), and that women's preferences shift across the menstrual cycle (Morrison, Clark, Gralewski, Campbell, & Penton-Voak, 2009). Women's gait itself changes across the menstrual cycle, but, surprisingly, men prefer the gait of women in the luteal, non-fertile phase (Provost, Quinsey, & Troje, 2008).…”

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Something in the way she moves: biological motion, body shape, and attractiveness in women

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Most previous research into the attractiveness of women's bodies has relied on static stimuli such as line drawings or photographs, particularly focusing on the role of body-mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). However, real attractiveness judgments are invariably made on moving bodies, and movement may contain important information about attractiveness. We measured the importance of movement in attractiveness judgments by using motion-capture to isolate dynamic cues from 37 female walkers, and compare ratings of 75 participants made on these, static photographs, and the original videos. Multiple regression analysis revealed that both dynamic and static cues were important in the attractiveness of women's bodies. Furthermore, BMI and WHR predicted attractiveness, but BMI was more important in dynamic rather than static cues, while WHR was important for both static and dynamic cues. These findings suggest that movement is plays a crucial part in the attractiveness of female bodies and cannot be ignored in studies of human mate choice. Furthermore, dynamic and static cues may contain differential information related to female body shape, which further research should attempt to elucidate.

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“…Moreover, previous research has also reported changes in women’s flirting behavior and behavioral engagement with men displaying purported markers of genetic fitness (Cantú et al, 2014; Flowe, Swords, & Rockey, 2012). Women also seem to show preferences for flirtatious facial movement in the fertile phase of the ovulatory cycle (Morrison, Clark, Gralewski, Campbell, & Penton-Voak, 2010). Yet there are a lack of well-powered replications investigating preference shifts for men’s behavior (Jones, Hahn, & DeBruine, 2019).…”

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Probing Ovulatory-Cycle Shifts in Women’s Preferences for Men’s Behaviors

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The existence of ovulatory cycle shifts in women's mate preferences has been discussed controversially. There is evidence that naturally cycling women in their fertile phase, compared to their luteal phase, evaluate specific behavioral cues in men as more attractive for sexual relationships. However, recent research has cast doubt on these findings. We addressed this debate in a large, pre-registered within-subject study including salivary hormone measures and luteinizing hormone tests. One-hundred-fifty-seven female participants rated natural videos of 70 men in dyadic intersexual interactions on sexual and long-term attractiveness. Multilevel comparisons across two ovulatory cycles indicated that women's mate preferences for men's behaviors did not shift across the cycle, neither for competitive, nor for courtship behavior. Within-women hormone levels and relationship status did not affect these results. Hormonal mechanisms and implications for estrus theories are discussed.

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Women’s Probability of Conception Is Associated with their Preference for Flirtatious but not Masculine Facial Movement

Cited by 17 publications

References 52 publications

Manipulating Shape Cues in Dynamic Human Faces: Sexual Dimorphism is Preferred in Female but not Male Faces

Manipulating Shape Cues in Dynamic Human Faces: Sexual Dimorphism is Preferred in Female but not Male Faces

Something in the way she moves: biological motion, body shape, and attractiveness in women

Probing Ovulatory-Cycle Shifts in Women’s Preferences for Men’s Behaviors

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