Abstract
Facial Autophotophobia is the fear of the picture of one=s
face. The hypothesis is that facial symmetry does have a noticeable affect on
how people look at themselves. Experimentation was done on 12 subjects, six male
and six female. Each subject had three facial pictures taken which were printed
normally and backwards. The pictures were then displayed before each subject,
and each decided on his/her preference between each picture. Each subject=s
facial symmetry was found, and it was determined if there was any correlation
between symmetry and which picture was chosen. Facial symmetry was determined
by taking the points on the innermost and outermost parts of the eye, the furthest
points on the nostrils, and the width of the mouth. Calculations using the formula
([{Left Point - Right Point} ) 2] + Right point)
resulted in a midline of each face. The overall facial symmetry was found using
the standard deviation of each midline. The closer the number was to zero, the
more symmetrical each face was. The results of computation of correlation
by the Whole-Score Method concluded that there was no direct correlation between
the facial symmetry of each subject, and how they chose their photographs. This
does not mean that they are not related though, because there were some possible
factors overlooked in the experimentation. Therefore, the hypothesis was not substantiated,
in that facial symmetry was not correlated to which photographs were chosen.