FACE HAS THE LOOK OF LOVE

PEOPLE fall face-first in love, a scientific study has discovered.

They try to seek out a partner with a personality similar to their own by studying their appearance, research released today says.

Previous studies have found that men and women are attracted to people like themselves.

Psychologist Dr Anthony Little made the discovery while trying to find out if people decide on someone's personality based only on their looks.

The Stirling University worker made a computer generated face consisting of features that were attractive to people who fancied easy-going partners.

Then he made a second face attractive to people who did not like care-free partners.

People shown the two faces were able to find a difference between the personalities.

Those who liked easy-going partners were more attracted to the "easy-going" face.

Dr Little said: "We found these two faces did differ in perceived personality, indicating that the personality desired in a partner is reflected in face preference."

The study also found there is no such thing as a perfect face that is attractive to everyone.