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ArticleBrain sciences2025

How Personality Traits Affect the Perception of Facial and Vocal Attractiveness.

Lingyun Xiang, Werner Sommer, Siqi Yue, Jingyu Liao, Meng Liu, Weijun Li

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Lingyun XiangInstitute of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.
Werner SommerDepartment of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5266-3445
Siqi YueInstitute of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.
Jingyu LiaoDepartment of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.
Meng LiuDepartment of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.
Weijun LiInstitute of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5622-6955

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Ministry of Education in China Project of Humanities and Social Sciences 21YJA190003Research Projects on Economic and Social Development of Liaoning Province 2025lslqnkt-037
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Abstract

backgroundPrevious research has found an association between attractiveness and personality traits, but the neural mechanisms are largely unknown.

methodWe used a Stroop-like paradigm combined with EEG recordings to investigate how personality traits affect the perception of facial and vocal attractiveness. Twenty-three female participants classified the attractiveness of male faces and male voices paired with positive or negative personality trait words.

resultsThe behavioral results indicate that personality trait words that are semantically congruent with attractiveness levels facilitate the perception of attractiveness, whereas incongruent trait information produces the opposite effect. Event-related potentials revealed that the influence of personality trait words on facial attractiveness was primarily related to motivated attention as indicated by the late positive component. In the voice task, personality trait words impacted vocal attractiveness processing first during semantic integration (N400 component) and then modulated motivated attention.

conclusionsThese results suggest that alleged personality traits modify attractiveness processing in faces and voices in relatively late and partially modality-specific stages.

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ERPfacial attractivenesspersonality trait wordsvocal attractiveness

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PMID41300151
PMCPMC12650123

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