Appearance DOES Matter

2005-06-09articleScience130 citationsclosed

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Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Social and Intergroup Psychology Face Recognition and Perception

Abstract

The effect of perceived competence on congressional elections reported by [ Todorov et al. ][1] likely reflects differences in their babyfacedness. In their Perspective, [Zebrowitz and Montepare][2] review research to support this explanation, with suggestions for future research on appearance biases. [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/308/5728/1623 [2]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/308/5728/1565

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