Category: Proportions

  • 08. Child Scheme

    08. Child Scheme

    How do Humans Perceive Cuteness? Definition of the Baby Schema (Kindchenschema) The term baby schema (or Kindchenschema) refers to a specific set of facial features commonly found in human and animal infants, including a large head, a round face, a high forehead, large eyes, and a small nose and mouth. These features trigger an “innate…

  • 06. Facial Beauty

    06. Facial Beauty

    The Golden Ratio: Mathematics and Human Beauty The Mathematics Behind the Golden Ratio In mathematics, the golden ratio, approximately equal to 1.618, is often denoted by the Greek letter ϕ or τ (Carlson, 2023). It represents the ratio of a line segment cut into two parts such that the ratio of the whole segment to…

  • 02. Proportions within Faces

    02. Proportions within Faces

    Generalized Distributions and Ratios in the Human Face.