Both males and females in this group, relative to their peers, relied less
on the photographed women's emotional
cues and more
on their attire and their
attractiveness.
However, the men also relied
on non-affective
cues, like
attractiveness and how provocatively the women were dressed — this is a cause for concern, the study authors note, because relying
on these
cues can lead a person to overestimate the sexual interest of more attractive and provocatively dressed women when they are not, in fact, feeling that way.