Journal
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 147-155Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00145-8
Keywords
facial attractiveness; face expression; reward; orbitofrontal cortex; fMRI
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The attractiveness of a face is a highly salient social signal, influencing mate choice and other social judgements. In this study, we used event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate brain regions that respond to attractive faces which manifested either a neutral or mildly happy face expression. Attractive faces produced activation of medial orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a region involved in representing stimulus-reward value. Responses in this region were further enhanced by a smiling facial expression, suggesting that the reward value of an attractive face as indexed by medial OFC activity is modulated by a perceiver directed smile. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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