TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexually Selective Cognition
T2 - Beauty Captures the Mind of the Beholder
AU - Maner, Jon K.
AU - Kenrick, Douglas
AU - Becker, David
AU - Delton, Andrew W.
AU - Hofer, Brian
AU - Wilbur, Christopher J.
AU - Neuberg, Steven
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - Across 5 experimental studies, the authors explore selective processing biases for physically attractive others. The findings suggest that (a) both male and female observers selectively attend to physically attractive female targets, (b) limiting the attentional capacity of either gender results in biased frequency estimates of attractive females, (c) although females selectively attend to attractive males, limiting females' attentional capacity does not lead to biased estimates of attractive males, (d) observers of both genders exhibit enhanced recognition memory for attractive females but attenuated recognition for attractive males. Results suggest that different mating-related motives may guide the selective processing of attractive men and women.
AB - Across 5 experimental studies, the authors explore selective processing biases for physically attractive others. The findings suggest that (a) both male and female observers selectively attend to physically attractive female targets, (b) limiting the attentional capacity of either gender results in biased frequency estimates of attractive females, (c) although females selectively attend to attractive males, limiting females' attentional capacity does not lead to biased estimates of attractive males, (d) observers of both genders exhibit enhanced recognition memory for attractive females but attenuated recognition for attractive males. Results suggest that different mating-related motives may guide the selective processing of attractive men and women.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-3514.85.6.1107
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.85.6.1107
M3 - Article
C2 - 14674817
AN - SCOPUS:0348252307
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 85
SP - 1107
EP - 1120
JO - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
IS - 6
ER -