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ArticleEvolutionary human sciences2020

No evidence for an association between facial fluctuating asymmetry and vocal attractiveness in men or women.

Tobias L Kordsmeyer, Yasmin T K Thies, Omid Ekrami, Julia Stern, Christoph Schild, Cristina Spoiala, Peter Claes, Stefan Van Dongen, Lars Penke

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Article in Evolutionary human sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 6 countries.

Tobias L KordsmeyerDepartment of Psychology and Leibniz Science Campus, Primate Cognition, University of Goettingen, Gosslerstr. 14, 37073 Goettingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2742-9176
Yasmin T K ThiesDepartment of Psychology and Leibniz Science Campus, Primate Cognition, University of Goettingen, Gosslerstr. 14, 37073 Goettingen, Germany.
Omid EkramiDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6135-8693
Julia SternDepartment of Psychology and Leibniz Science Campus, Primate Cognition, University of Goettingen, Gosslerstr. 14, 37073 Goettingen, Germany.
Christoph SchildDepartment of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2A, 1353 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cristina SpoialaNivel, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Otterstraat 118, 3513 CR Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Peter ClaesDepartment of Electrical Engineering-ESAT & Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Stefan Van DongenDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Lars PenkeDepartment of Psychology and Leibniz Science Campus, Primate Cognition, University of Goettingen, Gosslerstr. 14, 37073 Goettingen, Germany.
Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition · DEUniversity of Antwerp · BECentre For Human Genetics · INNetherlands Institute for Health Services Research · NLUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Facial fluctuating asymmetry (FA), presumably a proxy measure of developmental instability, has been proposed to inversely relate to vocal attractiveness, which may convey information on heritable fitness benefits. Using an improved method of measuring facial FA, we sought to replicate two recent studies that showed an inverse correlation of facial FA with vocal attractiveness. In two samples of men (

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3D face scansdevelopmental instabilityFacial fluctuating asymmetrygeometric morphometricsvocal attractiveness

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PMID37588384
PMCPMC10427465
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