In Your Face : The New Science of Human Attraction (Hardcover)

Introduction.- Fish face: A brief tour of the face and its origins.- Seeing faces: How we recognize faces and why we like them.- A baby's bias: How we are attracted to faces from birth.- Beauty in balance: The proportions that really are universally attractive.- His and hers: How sex hormones influence our looks and our attraction to others.- The point of beauty: Why facial attractiveness matters in the long run.- Fit face: How our health is reflected in our faces.- Wither the face: On the cuteness of babies and the effects of time.- Faces with attitude: How the personality we seek in a partner guides our face tastes.- All in the family: How parents and peers shape our attraction to faces.- Love potions: Transforming attraction to love.- Epilogue.