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The Influence of Facial Features on the Attractiveness of Game Faces

Dan KangDepartment of Social Services, WenZheng College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, 215104, China Duanwen LiSchool of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210094, China* Yuchen LiuSchool of Mechanical and Equipment Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, 050000, China

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

The study of the psychology of facial attractiveness emerged in the 1970s. Facial attractiveness plays an important role in important social decisions as well as in daily life. In this research, 30 university student participants (15 female and 15 male) were selected for this study to compare the effects of facial feature relationships (eye spacing and eyebrow spacing) on the face attractiveness of game characters by scoring on a psychological scale. The results showed that among the nine combinations of eye spacing and eyebrow spacing, the combination of medium eye spacing and medium eyebrow-eye interval has the greatest face attractiveness; face attractiveness varies significantly by eye spacing type, with medium eye spacing having the highest face attractiveness; and eye spacing type has an interactive effect with gender.

Keywords: facial attractiveness; facial features; game faces
Published: May 17, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/3/20220520
Volume: CHR Vol.3
pp. 619-625
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