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dc.contributor.authorØvervoll, Morten
dc.contributor.authorSchettino, Ilaria
dc.contributor.authorSuzuki, Hikaru
dc.contributor.authorOkubo, Matia
dc.contributor.authorLaeng, Bruno
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-17T10:19:33Z
dc.date.available2020-01-17T10:19:33Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-14
dc.description.abstractImages of European female and male faces were digitally processed to generate spatial frequency (SF) filtered images containing only a narrow band of visual information within the Fourier spectrum. The original unfiltered images and four SF filtered images (low, medium-low, medium-high and high) were then paired in trials that kept constant SF band and face gender and participants made a forced-choice decision about the more attractive among the two faces. In this way, we aimed at identifying those specific SF bands where forced-choice preferences corresponded best to forced-choice judgements made when viewing the natural, broadband, facial images. We found that aesthetic preferences dissociated across SFs and face gender, but similarly for participants from Asia (Japan) and Europe (Norway). Specifically, preferences when viewing SF filtered images were best related to the preference with the broadband face images when viewing the highest filtering band for the female faces (about 48–77 cycles per face). In contrast, for the male faces, the medium-low SF band (about 11–19 cpf) related best to choices made with the natural facial images. Eye tracking provided converging evidence for the above, gender-related, SF dissociations. We suggest greater aesthetic relevance of the mobile and communicative parts for the female face and, conversely, of the rigid, structural, parts for the male face for facial aesthetics.en_US
dc.identifier.citationØvervoll M, Schettino I, Suzuki H, Okubo M, Laeng B. Filtered beauty in Oslo and Tokyo: A spatial frequency analysis of facial attractiveness. PLOS ONE. 2020;15(1)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1774697
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227513
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/17128
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.relation.journalPLOS ONE
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200en_US
dc.titleFiltered beauty in Oslo and Tokyo: A spatial frequency analysis of facial attractivenessen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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