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Willis & Todorov (2006)

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First-impression judgments of attractiveness, trustworthiness, and competence form in 100 milliseconds — and longer exposure does not change them, only increases confidence.

Psychological Science, 17(7), 592-598 · PMID 16866745

Penton-Voak et al. (2001)

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Symmetric faces are rated more attractive across cultures, with effect sizes robust to age, ethnicity, and rater sex. Asymmetry is detectable down to 2-3% landmark deviation.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 268(1476), 1617-1623 · PMID 11487410

Rhodes (2006)

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Meta-analysis of 919 attractiveness studies: averageness, symmetry, and sexual dimorphism are the three strongest predictors of perceived facial attractiveness, with averageness often the largest single contributor.

Annual Review of Psychology, 57, 199-226 · PMID 16318594

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Willis & Todorov (2006) — first-impression judgments stabilize inside 100 ms; longer exposure raises confidence, not the verdict. PMID 16866745.
Penton-Voak et al. (2001) — symmetric faces rate higher across cultures, with asymmetry detectable at 2 to 3% landmark deviation. PMID 11487410.
Rhodes (2006) — meta-analysis of 919 studies isolates averageness, symmetry, and sexual dimorphism as the three strongest attractiveness predictors. PMID 16318594.
Ekman (1992) — six universal expression channels (joy, surprise, fear, anger, disgust, sadness) drive the warmth metric used in dating-photo scoring.
Hamermesh (2011) — Beauty Pays documents the lifetime wage premium tied to photo-level attractiveness in recruiter and customer-facing roles.

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