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facial averageness: a standalone construct

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facialaverageness1 CONSTRUCTFacial averagenessLANGLOIS · EVOLUTIONARY

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Evolutionary psychology

faces created by averaging many faces are judged more attractive than most of the individual faces that compose them.

In evolutionary psychology, facial averageness refers to faces created by averaging many faces are judged more attractive than most of the individual faces that compose them. This meaning comes from Langlois (1990) in Psychological Science.[1]

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  1. Langlois, J. H., & Roggman, L. A. (1990). Attractive Faces Are Only Average. Psychological Science, 1(2), 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1990.tb00079.x

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