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Cross-cultural perception of attractiveness and its correlates: the role of visual modalities
Fiala, Vojtěch ; Kleisner, Karel (advisor) ; Třebický, Vít (referee)
This work reviews the literature on the topic of intercultural perception of human attractiveness with special focus on recent videostimuli-using research. The first section introduces several basic perspectives on ecological-evolutionary view of attractiveness. The next section deals with intercultural differences in attractiveness perception dicussing possible explanations of these differences. The third chapter focuses on faces of people of cross-culture origin and usage of composite stimuli and artificially manipulated stimuli in inter-cultural research. The fourth chapter examines the usage of videostimuli in attractiveness research. I also add information about intercultural usage of videostimuli as far as these are available. Finally, I discuss a possible source of result ambiguity and highlight the potential use of videostimuli in intercultural research of attractiveness perception. Keywords Attractiveness, intercultural perception, videostimuli, cross-culture origin, composite images, averageness, masculinity, feminity
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Fluctuating asymmetry as a predictor of attractiveness of a human face
LAPEŠOVÁ, Tereza
This bachelor thesis deals with fluctuating asymmetry (FA) and its impact on the attractiveness of a human face. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to create a current overview on how FA affects perceived attractiveness of a human face. There are primarily explained evolutionary mechanisms related to the topic, followed by an overview of the general recourses of the partner choice among people in terms of evolutionary psychology, supplemented by an overview of specific researches and methods used in the research of attractiveness of FA in human faces.
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Cross-cultural perception of attractiveness and its correlates: the role of visual modalities
Fiala, Vojtěch ; Kleisner, Karel (advisor) ; Třebický, Vít (referee)
This work reviews the literature on the topic of intercultural perception of human attractiveness with special focus on recent videostimuli-using research. The first section introduces several basic perspectives on ecological-evolutionary view of attractiveness. The next section deals with intercultural differences in attractiveness perception dicussing possible explanations of these differences. The third chapter focuses on faces of people of cross-culture origin and usage of composite stimuli and artificially manipulated stimuli in inter-cultural research. The fourth chapter examines the usage of videostimuli in attractiveness research. I also add information about intercultural usage of videostimuli as far as these are available. Finally, I discuss a possible source of result ambiguity and highlight the potential use of videostimuli in intercultural research of attractiveness perception. Keywords Attractiveness, intercultural perception, videostimuli, cross-culture origin, composite images, averageness, masculinity, feminity
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Sexually dimorphic signs of human face within the life history theory
Klusáčková, Tereza ; Flegr, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Třebický, Vít (referee)
Tereza Klusáčková: Sexually dimorphic signs of human face within the life history theory Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Natural Science, Department of Philosophy and History of Science Bachelor's thesis, pages 39, 2014 Sexually dimorphic signs play a role in a mate choice. To produce quality offsprings it is necessary to choose an individual with our preffered attractive signs which reveal good genetic material of their bearer as a partner. Presented research explains a concept of the life-history theory and also the sexual selection and its theories. A key part of it is focused on a brief anatomical description of superficial structures of human face with an emphasis on masculine and feminine appearance and dedicates to thein changes during an ontogeny. It generally defines an attractiveness, examine preferences of the opposite sex for masculine and feminine characteristics and describes changes of female appearance and preferences during the menstrual cycle. This thesis deals with topics of symmetry and averageness, which refer to good state of health and high-quality genetical basis of an individual. Marginally deals with heterozygosity and studies exploring the effect of MHC genes on the perception of attractiveness. Key words: human face, life history theory, sexual selection, sexual...
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