Do We See Masculine Faces as Competent and Feminine Faces as Warm? Effects of Sexual Dimorphism on Facial Perception

Previous research on non-facial features demonstrated that masculinity and femininity correlated highly with perceived competence and warmth, respectively. Several studies focused on dimorphic facial cues and found an association between masculine faces and competence. However, there’s no study expl...

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Main Authors: Fangfang Wen, Bin Zuo, Shuhan Ma, Yian Xu, John D. Coley, Yang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-11-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704920980642