title: Influence of eye make-up on the perception of gaze direction.
abstract: Make-up has a beautifying effect on facial attractiveness. However, little is known about the role of make-up in other than social perception. Does eye make-up applied to a gazing face influence the perception of this gaze by others? Eye make-up might make an individual's gaze more recognizable by emphasizing the contrast of the eyes. Or make-up might make gaze less recognizable by transforming eyes to unnatural shapes. There were two stimulus conditions: eye make-up (no-eyeliner, thin-eyeliner and thick-eyeliner) and gaze direction (same gaze direction and different gaze directions). Participants had to make a recognition response indicating whether the gaze directions were the same or different. Results indicated that in the same gaze-direction condition, thin and thick-eyeliner made recognition of a persisting gaze direction easier, whereas in the different gaze-direction condition thick-eyeliner made it more difficult to recognize the changes in gaze direction. These findings suggested a significant role of make-up in facial processing.
authors: Faculty of Integrated Arts and Social Science, Japan Women's University, Nishi-ikuta 1-1-1, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan. sueda@fc.jwu.ac.jp
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ueda
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authors: Koyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics