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When is a Face Hot or Not?
Boston Magazine: Why does Johnny Depp look so good in eyeliner? Why is the girl next door rarely ever also a Victoria’s Secret model? If somebody wanted to make Will Ferrell into a model, exactly
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Some People May Be Bad to the Bone
Discovery News: Men who have wider faces relative to their facial height are more likely to engage in unethical behavior, according to a new study in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the Royal
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Beauty and the Beasts: The Sight of a Pretty Woman Can Make Men Crave War
Scientific American: Show a man a picture of an attractive woman, and he might play riskier blackjack. With a real-life pretty woman watching, he might cross traffic against a red light. Such exhibitions of agility
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Fertile women are more prejudiced against strange men, U.S. study says
The Vancouver Sun: Women are more prejudiced toward male strangers when they are fertile, says a new U.S. study, which suggests bias is partly ingrained in human DNA. Researchers at Michigan State University asked 252
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Ovulating women better at spotting straight men: study
CTV Canada: Women can more accurately identify a man’s sexual orientation the closer she is to ovulation, according to a study released this month. The study, a joint project by the University of Toronto and
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How Do We Recognize Faces?
How do we recognize a face? Do we pick out “local” features— an eye or a mouth— and extrapolate from there? Or do we take in the “global” configuration—facial structure, distance between the features—at once?
