Two Factors What Makes a Face Attractive

1. Sir Francis Galton

2. Final Presentation
Cagnur Tekerekoglu

3. Two Factors
What Makes a
Face Attractive

4. OUTLINE
SYMMETRY
HORMONES

5. SYMMETRY
Associating developmental abnormalities
with asymmetry
Indicator of health

6. «Beauty is good» «Disfigured is bad»
«Facial disfigurement is often used as a shorthand to depict
someone of villainous character.»(Chatterjee, 2016)
Joker [1] Batman [2]

7. Spesific ratio
«Average, here, does not mean “so-so.” Rather,
average faces are a mathematical average (or mean)
of most people’s features. And, in general, people
find such faces quite attractive.» (Little, 2014)

8. • Large eyes
• Small nose
• Full lips
• High cheeckbones
HORMONES
• Square jaw
• Heavier brow
• Thinner lips
Estrogen
Testosterone

9. Women are most fertile a week after their period begins
Faces of women with higher levels of estrogen are
rated as more feminine looking than faces of women
with lower levels. A feminine female face shape is
found attractive by both sexes.
(Cornwell, 2013)

10. Left : Highest oestrogen levels
Right : Lowest oestrogen levels
Composite faces of the 10 women [3]

11. Conclusion
Hormones : Signal for fertility
Symmetry : Signal for health and goodness

12. You have one chance
to make a first
impression and ...

13. Thank you 
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14. REFERENCES
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Little, A. (2011, May 2). Facial attractiveness: evolutionary based research.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B., 366, 1638. Retrieved from
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R. Elisabeth Cornwell, Miriam J Law Smith, Lynda G Boothroyd, Fhionna R Moor,
Hasker P Davis, Michael Stirrat, Bernard Tiddeman, David I Perrett. (2006).
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15. REFERENCES
Batman [2] Retrieved 1 14, 2018, https://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/dc-
comics-batman-prime-1-studio-9032461/
Composite faces of the 10 women [3] Retrieved 1 14, 2018,
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8251-hormone-levels-predict
-attractiveness-of-women/
Joker [1] Retrieved 1 14, 2018, http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Joker_
(Heath_Ledger)