Relationship between facial symmetry and perceived health and attractiveness, with a test of the ability of Homo sapiens to discriminate facial symmetry across species

• Main Authors: Chua, Sok Hoon, Yang, Shan Shan
• Other Authors: Michael David Gumert
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/18725
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Past research suggest that facial symmetry is as an honest indicator of the biological fitness of the organism, and more symmetrical faces were consistently found to be perceived as more attractive and healthier. However, most studies had focused from an intraspecies perspective. Therefore, it was o...