Journal article
Effects of Eye Size on Adults' Aesthetic Ratings of Faces and 5-Month-Olds' Looking Times
Abstract
In two experiments, we investigated the influence of eye size on adults' ratings of faces' attractiveness and 5-month-olds' looking times. Subjects viewed four pairs of female faces that were identical except for the size of the eyes. Whether they saw black-and-white drawings (experiment 1) or coloured photographs (experiment 2), adults rated the faces with larger eyes as more attractive than the faces with smaller eyes. Babies looked equally …
Authors
Geldart S; Maurer D; Carney K
Journal
Perception, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 361–374
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
March 1999
DOI
10.1068/p2885
ISSN
0301-0066