http://mindhacks.com/2005/02/13/male-faces-with-feminine-features-more-attractive/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:47:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2005/02/13/male-faces-with-feminine-features-more-attractive/#comment-8547 Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:21:05 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2005/02/13/male-faces-with-feminine-features-more-attractive/#comment-8547 Penton-Voak (personality in face researcher) talked about this – apparently, though, things get interesting when you switch from static to dynamic input: using video the masculine faces are often rated better, and there’s an idea that macho faces code for potential threat, which an image does nothing to dispell (being a fixed slice of time), but if you see the person acting non-agressively then this is discounted. I can’t remember the precise details though.

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