IHOPSkins Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 ......This means: Average faces are attractive, but not all of them. It is crucial which faces are used to compute an average face. Composites made from unattractive faces remain rather unattractive and average faces from attractive faces remain attractive. This clearly contradicts the averageness hypothesis, which holds that merely the number of faces contained in a composite alone accounts for the attractiveness ratings. Surprisingly, especially male faces benefit from being blended together with respect to their attractiveness. This does not support older findings that found positive effects only for women. Bad image quality of the faces, especially blurred contours, may be the cause for it. Why are the resulting average faces generally beautiful? One reason might be the fact that by calculating average proportions unpleasant asymmetries and irregularities become levelled out. Moreover, by blending together several faces wrinkles and pimples gradually disappear. As a consequence, the skin looks younger and perfectly smooth. http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/phil_Fak_II/Psychologie/Psy_II/beautycheck/english/durchschnittsgesichter/durchschnittsgesichter.htm Also Characteristic features of the female "sexy face" in comparison to the "unsexy face": Suntanned skin Narrower facial shape Less fat Fuller lips Slightly bigger distance of eyes Darker, narrower eye brows More, longer and darker lashes Higher cheek bones Narrower nose No eye rings Thinner lids Characteristics of the male "Sexy face" in the comparison to the "unsexy face": Browner skin Narrower facial shape Less fat Fuller and more symmetrical lips Darker eye brows More and darker lashes Upper half of the face broader in relation to the lower Higher cheek bones Prominent lower jaw More prominent chin No receding brows Thinner lids No wrinkles between nose and corner of the mouth http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/phil_Fak_II/Psychologie/Psy_II/beautycheck/english/prototypen/prototypen.htm Additional composites of select European faces, I am partial to the Swedish Women https://pmsol3.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/world-of-averages-europeave/ Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I've seen most of this before in one form or another. It's pretty interesting but not terribly surprising considering just how in tune people are to differences from the perceived norm. We react weirdly to features that don't seem "right" to us and a composite average of multiple faces will gradually weed out any such features. Pretty intuitive if you think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHOPSkins Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 ...... Pretty intuitive if you think about it.I think the composites of different European Countries is pretty coolAlso They had a movie that was related....... "Looker".....thriller written and directed by Michael Crichton manages to combine the dramatic murders of beautiful models, a secret conspiracy to use TV commercials for mind-control..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardi gras skin Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 The average Irish lass is kind of beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Those faces creep me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyderShrugged Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Crap, I'm ugly as sin and I never knew it! Darned lightish eye brows and tiny wrinkles between nose and corner of my mouth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Crap, I'm ugly as sin and I never knew it! Darned lightish eye brows and tiny wrinkles between nose and corner of my mouth! Well, to be honest, I'd have told you sooner....but I thought you'd get mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Those faces creep me out. I could see some people having a vaguely uncanny valley kind of reaction to those images. The average Irish lass is kind of beat. I thought that, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Holy crap. The average Polish woman is gorgeous. Who knew? Edit: Also, there is no way the average English woman looks that good. There's a reason that the 8's of the world exchange for an English 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Steve, Many English women are hot until they give a toothy grin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I didn't see anything about age. All of these "average" faces look pretty young to me (i.e., in their 20's). If it is an average face wouldn't it also be average young and old? Where are the wrinkles? Wouldn't the average age be about 35-40? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 So....the average German chick is pretty heinous. Sorry, Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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