?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Brain+asymmetry+and+facial+attractiveness%3A+Facial+beauty+is+not+simply+in+the+eye+of+the+beholder.&rft.creator=Chen%2C+Audrey+C.&rft.creator=German%2C+Craig&rft.creator=Zaidel%2C+Dahlia+W.&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Sociobiology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Neuroanatomy&rft.subject=Neurology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Psychobiology&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=We+recently+reported+finding+asymmetry+in+the+appearance+of+beauty+on+the+face+%5B39%5D.+Here+we+investigated+whether+facial+beauty+is+a+stable+characteristic+(on+the+owner's+very+face)+or+is+in+the+perceptual+space+of+the+observer.+We+call+the+question+'the+owner+versus+observer+hypothesis'.+We+compared+identity+judgements+and+attractiveness+ratings+of+observers.+Subjects+viewed+left-left+and+right-right+composites+of+faces+and+decided+which+most+resembled+the+normal+face+(Experiment+1).+Identity+judgements+(resemblance)+are+known+to+be+associated+with+perceptual+factors+in+the+observer.+Another+group+viewed+the+same+normal+faces+and+rated+them+on+attractiveness+(Experiment+2).+In+each+experiment+there+were+two+separate+viewing+conditions%2C+original+and+reversed+(mirror-image).+Lateral+reversal+did+affect+the+results+of+Experiment+1+(confirming+previous+findings+%5B3%2C18%5D)+but+did+not+affect+the+results+of+Experiment+2.+The+fact+that+lateral+reversal+did+not+affect+the+results+of+Experiment+2+suggests+that+facial+attractiveness+is+more+dependent+on+physiognomy+(of+the+owner)+and+less+dependent+on+an+asymmetrical+perceptual+process+(in+the+observer)+than+is+facial+identity.+The+results+are+discussed+in+the+context+of+beauty%C2%92s+biological+significance+and+facial+processing+in+the+brain.&rft.date=1997-04&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F151%2F3%2Fpaper.pdf&rft.identifier=++Chen%2C+Audrey+C.+and+German%2C+Craig+and+Zaidel%2C+Dahlia+W.++(1997)+Brain+asymmetry+and+facial+attractiveness%3A+Facial+beauty+is+not+simply+in+the+eye+of+the+beholder.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F151%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>