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Title: | Are happy faces attractive? The roles of early vs. late processing | Authors: | Sun, D Chan, CCH Fan, J Wu, Y Lee, TMC |
Issue Date: | 30-Nov-2015 | Source: | Frontiers in psychology, 30 Nov. 2015, v. 6, 1812, p. 1-14 | Abstract: | Facial attractiveness is closely related to romantic love. To understand if the neural underpinnings of perceived facial attractiveness and facial expression are similar constructs, we recorded neural signals using an event-related potential (ERP) methodology for 20 participants who were viewing faces with varied attractiveness and expressions. We found that attractiveness and expression were reflected by two early components, P2-lateral (P2l) and P2-medial (P2m), respectively; their interaction effect was reflected by LPP, a late component. The findings suggested that facial attractiveness and expression are first processed in parallel for discrimination between stimuli. After the initial processing, more attentional resources are allocated to the faces with the most positive or most negative valence in both the attractiveness and expression dimensions. The findings contribute to the theoretical model of face perception. | Keywords: | Attractiveness ERP Expression Face LPP P2 |
Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation | Journal: | Frontiers in psychology | ISSN: | 1664-1078 | DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01812 | Rights: | Copyright © 2015 Sun, Chan, Fan, Wu and Lee. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. The following publication Sun D, Chan CCH, Fan J, Wu Y and Lee TMC (2015) Are Happy Faces Attractive? The Roles of Early vs. Late Processing. Front. Psychol. 6:1812,1-14 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01812 |
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