The biology of beauty
CAPTION: Composite faces of the 10 women with highest (left) and 10 with lowest (right) levels of oestrogen. CREDIT: www.perceptionlab.com
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CAPTION: Composite faces of the 10 women with highest (left) and 10 with lowest (right) levels of oestrogen. CREDIT: www.perceptionlab.com
CAPTION: Males who preferred female pheremones also preferred feminised faces (image on the right is 25% feminised; image on the left is 25% masculinised). CREDIT: Perception Lab (www.perceptionlab.com)
CAPTION: A male macaque with a reddened face.
The courtship behaviour of ostriches towards humans is to be explained at a series of public events aimed at promoting science.
Psychologists have found that humans select long-term partners who not only look like themselves, but look like their opposite sex parents.
CAPTION: The computer-generated image of the 'perfect man'. CREDIT: A.C. Little and D. I. Perrett http://www.perceptionlab.com
Scots scientists have established scientific proof of the "beer goggles" effect, the theory that uglier people look more attractive after a few drinks.
University of St Andrews psychologists have revealed that parents can affect our choice of partner in more ways than one .... by how they look.