Table of Contents

What Makes A Face Attractive and Why: The Role of Averageness in Defining Facial Beauty by A.J. Rubenstein, J.H. Langlois, and L.A. Roggman The Attractiveness of Average Faces: Cross-Cultural Evidence and Possible Biological Basis by G. Rhodes, K. Harwood, S. Yoshikawa, M. Nishitani and I. McLean Evolution and Individual Differences in the Perception of Attractiveness: How Cyclic Hormonal Changes and Self-Perceived Attractiveness Influence Female Preferences for Male Faces by A.C. Little, I.S. Penton-Voak, D.M. Burt, and D.I. Perrett Female Faces and Bodies: N-Dimensional Feature Space and Attractiveness by K. Grammer, B. Fink, A. Juette, G. Ronzal, and R. Thornhill An Ethological Theory of Attractiveness by M. Enquist, S. Ghirlanda, D. Lundqvist, and C. Wachtmeister Charismatic Faces: Social Status Cues Put Face Appeal in Context by C.F. Keating Dimensions of Facial Physical Attractiveness: The Intersection of Biology and Culture by M.R. Cunningham, A.P. Barbee, C. Philhower Cultural Perspectives on Facial Attractiveness by K.K. Dion Nature Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom: The Multiple Ways and Wherefores of Attractiveness by L.A. Zebrowitz, G. Rhodes Index

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Using evolutionary, cognitive, and social psychology, this book explores the controversial issue of facial attractiveness.

About the Author

GILLIAN RHODES is Professor of Psychology at the University of Western Australia and the author of Superportraits: Caricatures and Recognition. She is a recipient of the New Zealand Psychological Society's Hunter Award for Excellence in Research and is on the editorial boards of Psychonomic Bulletin, The British Journal of Psychology, and the New Zealand Journal of Psychology. LESLIE A. ZEBROWITZ is Manuel Yellen Professor of Social Relations and Professor of Psychology at Brandeis University. She is the author of Social Perception and Reading Faces. She has been a Visiting Scholar at Seoul National University, the Murray Research Center at Harvard University, and the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She also has served as Program Director for Social Psychology at the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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