Abstract
Methods: 116 women were paired with age- and ethnicity-matched controls. Each pair viewed the same set of faces. Participants chose the more attractive face from 10 pairs of self- versus other-resembling faces and 10 pairs of control- versus other-resembling faces. Self-resemblance preference was scored as the number of times each participant chose the self-resembling faces minus the number of times their control chose those same faces. Participants also rated how much emotional support they received from their father and mother.
Results: Women’s reported emotional closeness to father was positively correlated with their self-resemblance preferences for male faces only. Women’s reported emotional closeness to mother was not related to self-resemblance preferences for either male or female faces. As in previous research, self-resemblance preferences were greater for same- than opposite-sex faces.
Conclusion: These findings implicate familial imprinting in preferences for self-resemblance in opposite-sex individuals and raise the possibility that familial imprinting and self-referential phenotype matching have context-specific effects on attitudes to self-resemblance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 101 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 26 Mar 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | European Human Behavior and Evolution Association - University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany Duration: 24 Mar 2011 → 26 Mar 2011 http://ehbea.com/conf/ |
Conference
| Conference | European Human Behavior and Evolution Association |
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| Abbreviated title | EHBEA |
| Country | Germany |
| City | Giessen |
| Period | 24/03/11 → 26/03/11 |
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Like father, like self : emotional closeness to father, but not mother, predicts women’s preferences for self-resemblance in opposite-sex, but not same-sex, faces . / Watkins, Christopher D.; DeBruine, Lisa M.; Smith, Finlay G.; Jones, Benedict C.; Vukovic, Jovana; Fraccaro, Paul J.
2011. 101 Poster session presented at European Human Behavior and Evolution Association, Giessen, Germany.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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T1 - Like father, like self
T2 - emotional closeness to father, but not mother, predicts women’s preferences for self-resemblance in opposite-sex, but not same-sex, faces
AU - Watkins, Christopher D.
AU - DeBruine, Lisa M.
AU - Smith, Finlay G.
AU - Jones, Benedict C.
AU - Vukovic, Jovana
AU - Fraccaro, Paul J.
PY - 2011/3/26
Y1 - 2011/3/26
N2 - Objective: Studies showing effects of self-resemblance for both same-sex and opposite-sex faces have been interpreted as evidence for self-referential phenotype matching. However, research on sex-contingent face processing suggests that visual experience with faces of one sex has little influence on perceptions of faces of the other sex, calling into question how self-referential phenotype matching can influence perceptions of opposite-sex faces. Because children resemble their parents, here we test whether familial imprinting can influence preferences for self-resemblance in opposite-sex faces.Methods: 116 women were paired with age- and ethnicity-matched controls. Each pair viewed the same set of faces. Participants chose the more attractive face from 10 pairs of self- versus other-resembling faces and 10 pairs of control- versus other-resembling faces. Self-resemblance preference was scored as the number of times each participant chose the self-resembling faces minus the number of times their control chose those same faces. Participants also rated how much emotional support they received from their father and mother.Results: Women’s reported emotional closeness to father was positively correlated with their self-resemblance preferences for male faces only. Women’s reported emotional closeness to mother was not related to self-resemblance preferences for either male or female faces. As in previous research, self-resemblance preferences were greater for same- than opposite-sex faces.Conclusion: These findings implicate familial imprinting in preferences for self-resemblance in opposite-sex individuals and raise the possibility that familial imprinting and self-referential phenotype matching have context-specific effects on attitudes to self-resemblance.
AB - Objective: Studies showing effects of self-resemblance for both same-sex and opposite-sex faces have been interpreted as evidence for self-referential phenotype matching. However, research on sex-contingent face processing suggests that visual experience with faces of one sex has little influence on perceptions of faces of the other sex, calling into question how self-referential phenotype matching can influence perceptions of opposite-sex faces. Because children resemble their parents, here we test whether familial imprinting can influence preferences for self-resemblance in opposite-sex faces.Methods: 116 women were paired with age- and ethnicity-matched controls. Each pair viewed the same set of faces. Participants chose the more attractive face from 10 pairs of self- versus other-resembling faces and 10 pairs of control- versus other-resembling faces. Self-resemblance preference was scored as the number of times each participant chose the self-resembling faces minus the number of times their control chose those same faces. Participants also rated how much emotional support they received from their father and mother.Results: Women’s reported emotional closeness to father was positively correlated with their self-resemblance preferences for male faces only. Women’s reported emotional closeness to mother was not related to self-resemblance preferences for either male or female faces. As in previous research, self-resemblance preferences were greater for same- than opposite-sex faces.Conclusion: These findings implicate familial imprinting in preferences for self-resemblance in opposite-sex individuals and raise the possibility that familial imprinting and self-referential phenotype matching have context-specific effects on attitudes to self-resemblance.
M3 - Poster
SP - 101
ER -