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. 2012 Nov 21;7(11):e49791. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049791

Table 1. Example of facial features for the four women appearing in a quartet in Study 2.

Facial features
Women (hypothesis) Eyes Chin dimple Hair Eyebrows Lips
Woman 1 (homogamous) light no dark thick thin
Woman 2 (heterogamous) dark yes light thin thick
Woman 3 (recessivity) light no light thin thin
Woman 4 (dominance) dark yes dark thick thick

The rater’s traits were recorded in the computer program. Then, the four faces of the same virtual woman were presented, depending on the rater’s own traits (see figure 2). An example for a rater with light eyes, no chin dimple, dark hair, thick eyebrows and thin lips.