Effects of pupil size on the perception of attraction: Gender difference

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Effects of pupil size on the perception of attraction: Gender difference

The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology / The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology, (P)1229-0726; (E)3058-2083

2009, v.14 no.2, pp.199-218

https://doi.org/10.18205/kpa.2009.14.2.001

(2009). Effects of pupil size on the perception of attraction: Gender difference. The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology, 14(2), 199-218, https://doi.org/10.18205/kpa.2009.14.2.001

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The present study investigated the influence of pupil size on attractiveness and the gender effect in its influence. For this aim, two experiments were conducted. In experiment 1, after subjects viewed 12 pairs of male and female faces(real person / cartoon character person) that were identical except for the size of pupil, they judged more attractive one. The results showed that female preferred the faces with larger pupil as more attractive. However, male did not show that kind of difference. The procedure of Experiment 2 was the same as that of Experiment 1 except for the target's age(20s & 60s / all of the stimuli were real person/ 16 pairs of male and female faces). The result showed the gender effect was the same with Experiment 1. Moreover, the target's age effect was found. The result suggests that faces with lager pupil is more attractive but its effect is consistently find out the perceiver who is woman. Implications and limits of the study are discussed.

keywords: attractiveness, pupil size, facial attraction, physical attraction, circle lens, 매력, 눈동자 크기, 얼굴매력, 신체적 매력, 써클렌즈

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