Judgments of dominance from the face track physical strength
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W. Schubert, Thomas
Sell, Aaron
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Fink, Ernhard
Jones, Benedict C.
Shackelford, Todd K.
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It is commonly assumed that judgments of dominance from faces partly rely on implicit judgments of bodily strength. In two studies, we demonstrate such a relation for both computer-generated and natural photos of male faces. We find support when aggregating data across participants, when analyzing with hierarchical models, and also when strength and dominance are judged by different raters. Moreover, we identify common predictors that underlie perceptions of both strength and dominance: brow height, eye length, chin length, and the widths of the nose and mouth.
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Evolutionary Psychology
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12
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