Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements

Perception studies describe numerous discrete morphological facial features as important to judgements of various characteristics. Interestingly, little is known about whether people actually direct their visual attention to these features and how specific contexts or sex affect this attention. We,...

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Main Authors: Žaneta Pátková, Vít Třebický, Martin Kocourek, Dagmar Schwambergová, Karel Kleisner, Jan Havlíček, Jitka Třebická Fialová
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Human Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X25000027/type/journal_article
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Martin Kocourek
Dagmar Schwambergová
Karel Kleisner
Jan Havlíček
Jitka Třebická Fialová
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Martin Kocourek
Dagmar Schwambergová
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description Perception studies describe numerous discrete morphological facial features as important to judgements of various characteristics. Interestingly, little is known about whether people actually direct their visual attention to these features and how specific contexts or sex affect this attention. We, therefore, examined visual attention to faces in the context of intersexual (opposite-sex assessment of attractiveness) and intrasexual (same-sex assessment of dominance) selection.
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spelling doaj-art-cb147cd0da8843cda5ce4f32c22978b42025-08-20T02:11:18ZengCambridge University PressEvolutionary Human Sciences2513-843X2025-01-01710.1017/ehs.2025.2Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgementsŽaneta Pátková0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7337-3815Vít Třebický1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1440-1772Martin Kocourek2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5350-4198Dagmar Schwambergová3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2889-6657Karel Kleisner4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3277-8365Jan Havlíček5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2374-7337Jitka Třebická Fialová6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2419-7461Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicFaculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicFaculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Center for Virtual Reality Research in Mental Health and Neuroscience, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicFaculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech RepublicFaculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicFaculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicFaculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicPerception studies describe numerous discrete morphological facial features as important to judgements of various characteristics. Interestingly, little is known about whether people actually direct their visual attention to these features and how specific contexts or sex affect this attention. We, therefore, examined visual attention to faces in the context of intersexual (opposite-sex assessment of attractiveness) and intrasexual (same-sex assessment of dominance) selection.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X25000027/type/journal_articleMate choicesexual selectionattractivenessdominancecompetition
spellingShingle Žaneta Pátková
Vít Třebický
Martin Kocourek
Dagmar Schwambergová
Karel Kleisner
Jan Havlíček
Jitka Třebická Fialová
Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements
Evolutionary Human Sciences
Mate choice
sexual selection
attractiveness
dominance
competition
title Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements
title_full Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements
title_fullStr Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements
title_full_unstemmed Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements
title_short Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements
title_sort visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements
topic Mate choice
sexual selection
attractiveness
dominance
competition
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X25000027/type/journal_article
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