Study to examine key to attractiveness

by BEN MITCHELL

Physical attractiveness might be determined by the way people move their faces and alter their voices instead of by the way they look, a researcher said today.

Dr Ed Morrison has been awarded a £94,000 grant to examine whether it is looks alone that makes someone’s face attractive.

The evolutionary psychologist from the University of Portsmouth will look at whether it is determined by fixed aspects, such as symmetry of the face, or whether changing expressions and variation of voice can have an effect.

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