Karl Grammer

TL;DR: This is the first study to show that facial symmetry has a positive influence on facial attractiveness ratings, with the exception of the hypothesized effects of averageness of female and male faces on attractiveness ratings.

TL;DR: The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is a self-report measure designed to assess the high-order personality traits of Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the facial preferences of 42 female volunteers at two different phases of their menstrual cycle were examined using a 40-s QuickTime movie (1200 frames) that was designed to systematically modify a facial image from an extreme male to an extreme female configuration.

TL;DR: It is shown that the underlying selection pressures, which shaped the standards, are the same and it is not the content of the standards that show evidence of convergence ‐ it is the rules or how the authors construct beauty ideals that have universalities across cultures.

TL;DR: This is the first study on human axillary odour to sample a large number of subjects, and the findings are relevant to understanding the chemical nature of human odour, and efforts to design electronic sensors for biometric fingerprinting and disease diagnoses.