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Context matters for attractiveness bias

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Abstract To fully understand the attractiveness bias, we propose that contextual factors or affordances should be integrated into the mating-based evolutionary account of Maestripieri et al. We review examples highlighting… Click to show full abstract

Abstract To fully understand the attractiveness bias, we propose that contextual factors or affordances should be integrated into the mating-based evolutionary account of Maestripieri et al. We review examples highlighting the role of contextual factors in the perception of attractiveness and in attractiveness bias. These suggest contextual factors differentially afford the development of preference for attractive others into observed habits of mind.

Keywords: matters attractiveness; attractiveness bias; contextual factors; context matters

Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2017

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