TY - JOUR
T1 - Attention and memory benefits for physical attractiveness may mediate prosocial biases
AU - Becker, David
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Mating motivations can explain attractiveness benefits, but what proximate mechanisms might serve as efficient causes of these biases? There is growing evidence that visual cues of physical attractiveness capture attention and facilitate memory, enhancing salience in ways that could underlie, for example, preferring one job applicant over another. All of these effects beg deeper questions about the meaning of attractiveness.
AB - Mating motivations can explain attractiveness benefits, but what proximate mechanisms might serve as efficient causes of these biases? There is growing evidence that visual cues of physical attractiveness capture attention and facilitate memory, enhancing salience in ways that could underlie, for example, preferring one job applicant over another. All of these effects beg deeper questions about the meaning of attractiveness.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X16000431
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X16000431
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28327232
AN - SCOPUS:85016206380
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 40
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
M1 - e22
ER -