?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=She+is+not+a+beauty+even+when+she+smiles%3A+Possible+evolutionary+basis+for+a+relationship+between+facial+attractiveness+and+hemispheric+specialization&rft.creator=Zaidel%2C+Dahlia.+W.&rft.creator=Chen%2C+Audrey&rft.creator=German%2C+Craig&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.description=The+asymmetrical+status+of+facial+beauty+has+rarely+been+investigated.+We+studied+positive+facial+characteristics%2C+attractiveness+and+smiling%2C+through+the+use+of+left-left+and+right-right+composites+of+unfamiliar+faces+of+women+and+men+with+natural+expressions.+Results+showed+that+women's+right-right+composites+were+judged+significantly+more+attractive+than+left-left+composites+while+there+was+no+left-right+difference+in+men's+composites+(Experiment+1).+On+the+other+hand%2C+left-left+composites+were+judged+to+have+more+pronounced+smiling+expressions+than+right-right+composites+in+both+women's+and+men's+faces+(Experiment+2).+The+results+confirm+previous+findings+for+leftward+facial+expressiveness+and+show+for+the+first+time+asymmetry+in+facial+attractiveness+and+a+difference+in+its+manifestation+in+women's+and+men's+faces.+The+findings+have+biological+implications+for+the+relationship+between+the+appearance+of+the+sides+of+the+face+and+hemispheric+specialization.+The+organization+of+beauty+in+the+human+face+may+have+been+shaped+by+evolutionary+pressures+on+facial+asymmetries%2C+especially+as+they+pertain+to+mate+selection.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F185%2F2%2FNeuropsych_beauty.pdf&rft.identifier=++Zaidel%2C+Dahlia.+W.+and+Chen%2C+Audrey+and+German%2C+Craig++(1995)+She+is+not+a+beauty+even+when+she+smiles%3A+Possible+evolutionary+basis+for+a+relationship+between+facial+attractiveness+and+hemispheric+specialization.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F185%2F