?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+face%2C+beauty%2C+and+symmetry%3A+Perceiving+asymmetry+in+beautiful+faces&rft.creator=Zaidel%2C+Dr.+Dahlia+W.&rft.creator=Cohen%2C+Jennifer+A.&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=The+relationship+between+bilateral+facial+symmetry+and+beauty+remains+to+be+clarified.+Here%2C+straight+head-on+photographs+of+%E2%80%9Cbeautiful%E2%80%9D+faces+from+the+collections+of+professional+modeling+agencies+were+selected.+First%2C+beauty+ratings+were+obtained+for+these+faces.+Then%2C+the+authors+created+symmetrical+left-left+and+right-right+composites+of+the+beautiful+faces+and+asked+a+new+group+of+subjects+to+choose+the+most+attractive+pair+member.+%E2%80%9CSame%E2%80%9D+responses+were+allowed.+No+difference+between+the+left-left+and+right-right+composites+was+revealed+but+significant+differences+were+obtained+between+%E2%80%9Csame%E2%80%9D+and+the+left-left+or+right-right.+These+results+show+that+subjects+detected+asymmetry+in+beauty+and+suggest+that+very+beautiful+faces+can+be+functionally+asymmetrical.%0A&rft.publisher=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2005-08&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4601%2F1%2FZaidel_%2526_Cohen_2005_SENT.pdf&rft.identifier=++Zaidel%2C+Dr.+Dahlia+W.+and+Cohen%2C+Jennifer+A.++(2005)+The+face%2C+beauty%2C+and+symmetry%3A+Perceiving+asymmetry+in+beautiful+faces.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4601%2F