Investigating an imprinting-like phenomenon in humans: Partners and opposite-sex parents have similar hair and eye colour

By Anthony C. Little, Ian Penton-Voak, D. Burt, David I. Perrett. 2003

138 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. L. DeBruine
2. B. Jones
3. Anthony C. Little
4. Gillian Rhodes
5. Lisa L. M. Welling
6. David Feinberg
7. L. Zebrowitz
8. J. Montepare

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. B. Jones
2. L. DeBruine
3. Anthony C. Little
4. Gillian Rhodes
5. Lisa L. M. Welling
6. Bernard Paul Tiddeman
7. Gavin Buckingham
8. C. A. Conway

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Gillian Rhodes
2. Lisa L. M. Welling
3. L. DeBruine

Citations in the corpus

• Visual adaptation to masculine and feminine faces influences generalized preferences and perceptions of trustworthiness (2006, background): “It has previously been noted that adaptation effects are likely to play an important role in the development of face preferences within individuals (Little et al., 2005; Rhodes et al., 2003) and may be the proximate mechanism that underpins phenomena such as attraction to parental characteristics (e”
• The evolutionary psychology of facial beauty. (2006, background): “We know that experience affects what we find attractive (Perrett et al. 2002, 2003; Rhodes et al. 2003b), but we know little about the temporal dynamics of these effects, including whether there are sensitive periods in which experience has stronger effects and whether sexual imprinting occurs in…”