Head tilt, eye gaze, sexual dimorphism, dominance and attractiveness (original) (raw)

Abstract

Burke and Sulikowski (2010) showed that the forward or backward head tilt angle (pitch) of a human face influenced both attractiveness and masculinity/femininity ratings. Face pitch has also been shown to impact dominance ratings, as has eye gaze direction. The current study was designed to investigate whether the effect of face pitch on attractiveness and masculinity/femininity was driven by changes in perceived dominance. Twenty male and 29 female participants rated 220 faces that were manipulated for eye gaze (direct vs averted) and 11 different head tilts, for attractiveness, femininity, masculinity, physical dominance and social dominance, to examine the way each of these rating varied as a function of face pitch. For female faces, perceived femininity and perceived attractiveness tracked each other perfectly, across changes in pitch, whereas perceived social and physical dominance monotonically increased as faces tilted further back. For male faces, tilting faces further back ...

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