?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Appearance+of+symmetry%2C+beauty%2C+and+health+in+human+faces&rft.creator=Zaidel%2C+D.+W.&rft.creator=Aarde%2C+S.+M.&rft.creator=Baig%2C+K.&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.description=Symmetry+is+an+important+concept+in+biology%2C+being+related+to+mate+selection+strategies%2C+health%2C+and+survival+of+species.+In+human+faces%2C+the+relevance+of+left-right+symmetry+to+attractiveness+and+health+is+not+well+understood.+We+compared+the+appearance+of+facial+attractiveness%2C+health%2C+and+symmetry+in+three+separate+experiments.+Participants+inspected+front+views+of+faces+on+the+computer+screen+and+judged+them+on+a+5-point+scale+according+to+their+attractiveness+in+Experiment+1%2C+health+in+Experiment+2%2C+and+symmetry+in+Experiment+3.+We+found+that+symmetry+and+attractiveness+were+not+strongly+related+in+faces+of+women+or+men+while+health+and+symmetry+were+related.+There+was+a+significant+difference+between+attractiveness+and+symmetry+judgments+but+not+between+health+and+symmetry+judgments.+Moreover%2C+there+was+a+significant+difference+between+attractiveness+and+health.+Facial+symmetry+may+be+critical+for+the+appearance+of+health+but+it+does+not+seem+to+be+critical+for+the+appearance+of+attractiveness%2C+not+surprisingly+perhaps+because+human+faces+together+with+the+human+brain+have+been+shaped+by+adaptive+evolution+to+be+naturally+asymmetrical.&rft.date=2005-04&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4349%2F1%2FZaidel2005.pdf&rft.identifier=++Zaidel%2C+D.+W.+and+Aarde%2C+S.+M.+and+Baig%2C+K.++(2005)+Appearance+of+symmetry%2C+beauty%2C+and+health+in+human+faces.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4349%2F