THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS

By Steven W. Gangestad, G. Scheyd. 2005

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Marketing, Museology

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Mating markets and bargaining hands: Mate preferences for attractiveness and resources in two national U.S. studies (2016, background): “Traits associated with physical attractiveness may be cues of a person's health, fertility, robustness, and/or social status (e.g., Buunk et al., 2002; Frederick & Haselton, 2007; Gallup & Frederick, 2010; Gangestad & Scheyd, 2005; Sugiyama, 2005).”
More than just a pretty face: Men's priority shifts toward bodily attractiveness in short-term versus long-term mating contexts (2010, background): “…menopause, however, androgens increase relative to estrogen levels, causing their facial features to take a more masculine form (e.g., thinner lips; Gangestad & Scheyd, 2005), rendering specific facial features effective proxies for assessing a woman's age and consequently, her reproductive value.”
The spandrels of Santa Barbara? A new perspective on the peri-ovulation paradigm (2015, background): “Nonadvertised ovulation might therefore be due simply to differences in selective pressures acting on different primate lineages, a by-product of bipedality (Pawlowski 1999) or perhaps something not obviously related to sexual behavior, such as the presence of large adrenal glands (reviewed in…”
People With Dark Personalities Tend to Create a Physically Attractive Veneer (2013, background): “adornment, attractiveness, conscientiousness, dark triad, personality Physical attractiveness is important in many life domains (Gangestad & Scheyd, 2005), but it is especially important in relationship-initiation contexts where first impressions are especially relevant (Li & Kenrick, 2006;…”
Cross-Cultural Variation in Mate Preferences for Averageness, Symmetry, Body Size, and Masculinity (2013, background): “The morphology of many physical features, such as stature or the shape of the face, is governed by physiological and hormonal developmental trajectories that also largely determine fertility and general health (Feinberg, 2008; Gangestad & Scheyd, 2005).”
Putting Your Best Face Forward: The Accuracy of Online Dating Photographs (2009, background): “…if Journal of Communication 59 (2009) 367–386 c© 2009 International Communication Association 369 truth in photography is defined as a depiction of what we would have seen had we been there ourselves, then all photography is necessarily deceptive (James, 2005; Mercedes, 1996; Snyder & Allen,…”
He sees, she smells? Male and female reports of sensory reliance in mate choice and non-mate choice contexts (2008, background): “The commonly reported male reliance on physical cues could be an artifact of studies that focus almost exclusively on vi- ll rights reserved. x: +420 251 620 611. k). sual cues such as facial or bodily attractiveness (for reviews, see Gangestad & Scheyd, 2005; Roberts & Little, 2008).”