The Portuguese model Sara Sampaio
Things in our brain. The size of the lips is encoded by the brain as a distinct feature, separated from the general facial structure.
It is a revelation that may surprise some readers, perhaps confirm what some readers already thought: The size of the lips greatly influences the perception of whether a person (more the face) is attractive.
For this, 32 students were summoned – 16 women and 16 men. All saw digitally manipulated images of a human face, with changes around a “norm.”
Each participant saw 168 faces, with seven sizes of lip different; or thinner or more fleshy than normal lips.
They were only 1.25 seconds to record how appealing each image found.
The answer depends on the genre. And not only.
Globally, the lips slightly more fleshy were considered most attractive on the face feminine and the lips slightly thinner were more attractive on the face masculine.
Os men They preferred a feminine face with a lip -size lip image without any change; to the women They preferred more fleshy lips.
These are conclusions that suggest that perceptions of attractiveness are (also) shaped by the sex of those who see, stresses the.
Another factor that influenced the answer: a exhibition to a face with altered lips to become more fleshy or thinner.
Exposure to fleshy lips had higher classifications for fleshy faces, and exposure to fine lips led to higher classifications for thin faces.
This effect of adaptation, believes psychologists, influences the visual preference for a series of stimuli, since art has food preference.
Interestingly, the study found that adaptation only to lips, without the context of the whole face, also produced changes in attractiveness classifications. That is, it is the idea that the lips size is encoded by the brain as a distinct feature, separated from the general facial structure.
