NickTrop
Veteran
Ten naive subjects of both sexes, viewed equally scaled frontal pictures of 15 neutral-expression adult male faces, each photographed from distances of 56, 124 and 400cm. The photographs were corrected for lens distortion to obtain ideal perspective projections. The subjects were asked to rate each portrait according to 13 attributes (evil-good, repulsive-attractive, hostile-friendly, pushy-respectful, sad-happy, dishonest-honest, introvert-extrovert, violent-peaceful, dumb-smart, distant-approachable, evasive-candid, week-strong, unpleasant-pleasant). While the subjects were unaware of the manipulation, their ratings are systematically correlated with the distance: faces imaged from the closer distance appear significantly more benevolent (good, peaceful, pleasant, approachable), those taken from a larger distance appear more impressive (smarter, stronger). Intermediate-distance portraits appeared more attractive. The remaining attributes are not significantly different across distance.
http://www.journalofvision.org/content/7/9/992
http://www.journalofvision.org/content/7/9/992
jan normandale
Film is the other way
I love this kind of stuff!
NickTrop
Veteran
Jay - so do I! Not a lot of it out there... Interesting stuff - can't say I /fully/ buy it, but still...
@PKR - yes, agree. I think a lot more goes into this that what this study suggests, most effects are subtle but additive.
John Lawrence
Well-known
Link wouldn't work for me.
John
John
