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Shows Physical attractiveness appears to act as a gatekeeper for potential mates.
Not exact matches
At the same time, they
showed pictures of these elected officials to Dutch students who knew nothing about Israeli legislators, and they asked the students to rate the politicians»
physical attractiveness.
The results
show that 52 percent of married respondents and 51.7 percent of those in cohabiting relationships ending in marriage were rated as above average in
physical attractiveness, whereas 45.9 percent of those in a cohabitating relationship without subsequent marriage and 43.6 percent in neither marriage nor cohabitation scored above average on the
attractiveness scale.
The work of nutritional psychiatry, a new and growing field,
shows that food and nutrients have a direct impact on the first 4 groups: brain and neurotransmitters, on endocrinology and hormones and on
physical health (and thereby
physical attractiveness too):
This league can be
physical — there have been numerous studies that
show people couple with others in the same relative
attractiveness levels — with some obvious exceptions.
A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London
shows men like women whose names draw to their
physical attractiveness, while women like men whose attributes are showcased as intelligent, cultured, brave, and altruistic.
Their data
showed men are more drawn to names that suggest
physical attractiveness, like «cutie» while women tend to favor names that hint at intelligence, such as «cultured.»
Recent scientific studies
show a connection between
physical attractiveness and right - leaning political beliefs.
Research has consistently
shown that men prefer partners who are slightly younger than themselves, and rate
physical attractiveness as one of the most important qualities men look for in a partner.
Studies have
shown that men and women tend to feel jealous for different reasons; for instance,
physical attractiveness in a perceived rival is more likely to incite jealousy in a woman than in a man.
However, although forming composite scores is appealing on theoretical grounds [e.g., for healthiness and
attractiveness (25)-RSB-, some of the attributes aggregated into these composites
showed low internal consistencies, especially in the
physical appearance domain (α = 0.10 for reported preference and 0.33 for self - perception; internal consistencies of the composites were not reported by Buston and Emlen).
In your
show you mention a fascinating study done by three American universities that looked at
physical attractiveness as it relates to a real estate professional's success.