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  • Social Psychology
  • Neuroaesthetics

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  • Facial attractiveness perception is influenced by facial structure and observer personality.
  • The impact of contextual visual information on attractiveness judgments remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how contextual faces affect facial attractiveness judgments.
  • To explore the neural correlates and personality moderators of context-dependent attractiveness perception.

Main Methods:

  • Electroencephalogram (EEG) recording during attractiveness ratings of faces presented alone or in pairs.
  • Analysis of event-related potentials (Late Positive Complex) and microstate dynamics (Global Field Power).
  • Correlation analysis with observer narcissism scores and source localization of brain activity.

Main Results:

  • Pairing faces with higher-attractive faces (HAFs) or lower-attractive faces (LAFs) significantly increased target face attractiveness ratings compared to individual presentation.
  • EEG data showed enhanced late positive complex and distinct microstate activity (state 3 for HAF, state 2 for LAF) correlated with attractiveness judgments.
  • Global Field Power of microstate 2 mediated the link between narcissism and attractiveness judgments in the LAF context; superior/middle frontal gyri were implicated.

Conclusions:

  • Contextual comparison significantly enhances facial attractiveness perception.
  • Observer personality traits, like narcissism, can modulate how context influences attractiveness judgments.
  • Neural mechanisms involving frontal lobe regions support context-dependent attractiveness evaluation.