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Articles on Attractiveness
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Recent research suggests jurors are less likely to be lenient on attractive defendants than previously thought.
We are unsurprisingly attracted to the familiar.
Psychology studies suggest a variety of ways you can strengthen your bond and increase your satisfaction with your partner.
Two scholars have found links between generosity and physical attractiveness.
New research shows how attractive employees can rub some customers the wrong way.
Using physical and psychological traits, researchers are building a system which can rate a person’s attractiveness.
Research shows that in elections with low information and poor engagement, candidate attractiveness plays a significant role in how people vote.
A new study explores whether how we perceive our body weight affects our prospects in the job market and at work.
What movies tell us is important in a parter – a nice smile or money – are exaggerations of fundamental evolutionary needs that actually do matter.
But glossy pages filled with non-models may be a step in the right direction.
A sociologist wanted to know how simply self-identifying as ‘multiracial’ – regardless of how you actually looked – would influence your attractiveness.
We know a lot about why people choose different brands of dishwashing detergent. But when it comes to the processes behind choosing a romantic partner, science knows surprisingly little.
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, University of Lincoln
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