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·August 25, 2022·3 min read

‘Beauty Goggles’: How Attractiveness Influences How We See People

People judge others they consider attractive to be high in positive personality traits and low in potentially negative personality traits.

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·August 31, 2020·3 min read

Is Being Generous the Next Beauty Trend?

Researchers found more attractive people are more likely to be givers, and givers are generally rated as being more attractive.

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·March 7, 2020·3 min read

What women really want: The effect of women’s cycle on preferences for male behavior

Study tests the good genes ovulation shift hypothesis, which states women's preferences for certain male behaviors differ throughout their ovulation cycle. Researchers found no evidence that a woman's preference changes across the ovulation cycle. However, women tend to perceive men as slightly more attractive when fertile than during other cycle phases.

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·May 15, 2018·5 min read

Pinpointing the Optimal Age of Puppy Cuteness

A new study reports people find puppies cutest just before they reach ten weeks of age. Researchers say this is around the same time at which they wean from their mothers and start to fend for themselves.

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·December 22, 2017·5 min read

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beer Holder

A new eye tracking study reveals intoxicated men spend less time examining women's faces compared to their sober counterparts, and spend more time looking at 'sexual' body parts.

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·July 14, 2017·4 min read

The Ugly Truth About Attractiveness

A new study in Body Image reports women who evaluated as less attractive were more motivated to diet and be thin if they had a husband considered more attractive. The additional motivation to be thin was not apparent in women considered to be more attractive that their partner. In men, the motivation to diet was low, regardless of their own, or their wives' level of attractiveness.

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·June 13, 2016·4 min read

Ugly Truth: Children Less Likely to Trust Unattractive People

According to researchers, children believe the less attractive you are, the less trustworthy you are.

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·October 1, 2015·4 min read

Why Beauty Really is in the Eye of the Beholder

A new study reports personal experience is key to our opinions of attractiveness.

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·June 8, 2015·4 min read

How the Brain Influences Which Way You Vote

A new study casts light on the neurobiological mechanisms which support people's voting choices.

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·October 11, 2013·3 min read

Physical Attractiveness Impacts One’s Memory

Researchers discover the attractiveness of others can impact how much we lie and the extent to which others believe those misrepresentations of the truth.