?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Sex+of+the+face+in+Western+art%3A+Left+and+right+in+portraits&rft.creator=Zaidel%2C+Dahlia+W.&rft.creator=FitzGerald%2C+Peter&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+relationship+between+observers'+taste+and+the+sitter's+face+orientation+as+function+of+sitter+sex+in+painted+portraits+was+investigated.++The+historical+tendency+in+portraiture+is+that+the+sitter's+left+side+of+the+face+is+more+likely+than+the+right+to+be+turned+towards+the+viewer+and+this+side+bias+is+stronger+with+women+than+with+men.++Correctly+oriented+and+reversed+museum+portraits+were+viewed+by+subjects+who+gave+ratings+of+%22liking%22+the+portrait+as+a+whole+(Experiment+1)+and+for+%22attractiveness%22+of+the+sitter+(Experiment+2).++Only+portraits+of+women+showed+a+left-right+difference+with+right+favored+significantly+over+left%2C+irrespective+of+orientation+or+type+of+rating.++These+findings+go+against+the+historical+pattern+of+the+sex-related+bias+in+portraiture.++They+suggest+that+most+women+are+painted+in+an+orientation+which+is+less+favorable+to+them.++&rft.publisher=Baywood+Publishing+Company%2C+Inc.&rft.contributor=Martindale%2C+Colin&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F942%2F2%2Fportpdf.pdf&rft.identifier=++Zaidel%2C+Dahlia+W.+and+FitzGerald%2C+Peter++(1994)+Sex+of+the+face+in+Western+art%3A+Left+and+right+in+portraits.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F942%2F