Young, formidable men show greater sensitivity to facial cues of dominance
| Autor: | R. Tucker Gilman, Thomas Richardson, Matthew Waddington |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Facial masculinity
face processing media_common.quotation_subject Experimental and Cognitive Psychology dominance formidability Developmental psychology Dominance (ethology) Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) sexual dimorphism Sexual selection Perception intrasexual competition contest competition Psychology Scramble competition Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Richardson, T, Waddington, M & Gilman, R T 2020, ' Young, formidable men show greater sensitivity to facial cues of dominance ', Evolution and Human Behavior . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.07.004 |
| ISSN: | 1090-5138 |
| Popis: | There is considerable evidence that human male faces contain honest, detectable cues to their physical dominance, which are related to their objective facial masculinity. As such, some have argued that the extent to which observers' rate masculinised male faces as appearing more physically dominant is a useful measure of their ability to detect cues of dominance and threat in other men. We found across 3 studies (total n = 272) that younger, taller, and stronger men showed greater sensitivity to facial cues of dominance. Additionally, participants were more likely to associate younger than older masculinised faces with physical dominance. Self-perceived social dominance did not moderate perceptions. These results contrast with previous work which found that shorter, less socially dominant men had greater ability to detect facial cues of dominance. We propose the hypothesis that younger, more formidable males show greater sensitivity to facial cues of dominance as they are more likely to engage in violent intrasexual competition. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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