Face, body and speech cues independently predict judgments of attractiveness

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12938897
AutoresTamsin K Saxton (0000-0002-9902-5624, University of Liverpool, autor de correspondencia), Robert P Burri (0000-0002-5030-3638), Alice K Murray, Hannah M Rowland (0000-0002-1040-555X), S Craig Roberts (0000-0002-9641-6101)
Año2009
Volumen7
Número1
Páginas23-35
Fecha de publicación2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Evolutionary Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1789-2082 • E-ISSN: 2060-5587
EditorialAkadémiai Kiadó (PUBLISHER • HU)
DOI10.1556/jep.7.2009.1.4
OpenAlexW2079754436
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas45

Research on human attraction frequently makes use of single-modality stimuli such as neutral-expression facial photographs as proxy indicators of an individual's attractiveness. However, we know little about how judgments of these single-modality stimuli correspond to judgments of stimuli that incorporate multi-modal cues of face, body and speech. In the present study, ratings of attractiveness judged from videos of participants introducing themselves were independently predicted by judgments of the participant's facial attractiveness (a neutral-expression facial photograph masked to conceal the hairstyle), body attractiveness (a photograph of the upper body), and speech attractiveness (the soundtrack to the video). We also found that ratings of the face, body and speech were positively related to each other. Our results support the assumption that the single-modality stimuli used in much attractiveness research are valid proxy indicators of overall attractiveness in ecologically valid contexts, and complement literature showing cross-modality concordance of trait attractiveness, but also recommend that research relying on assessments of individual attractiveness take account of both visual and vocal attractiveness where possible

Attraction · Attractiveness · Cognitive psychology · Linguistics · Modality (human–computer interaction · Physical attractiveness · Proxy (statistics · Trait · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Computer Science · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence