TY - JOUR
T1 - Concentrating on beauty
T2 - Sexual selection and sociospatial memory
AU - Becker, David
AU - Kenrick, Douglas
AU - Guerin, Stephen
AU - Maner, Jon K.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - In three experiments, location memory for faces was examined using a computer version of the matching game Concentration. Findings suggested that physical attractiveness led to more efficient matching for female faces but not for male faces. Study 3 revealed this interaction despite allowing participants to initially see, attend to, and match the attractive male faces in the first few turns. Analysis of matching errors suggested that, compared to other targets, attractive women were less confusable with one another. Results are discussed in terms of the different functions that attractiveness serves for men and women.
AB - In three experiments, location memory for faces was examined using a computer version of the matching game Concentration. Findings suggested that physical attractiveness led to more efficient matching for female faces but not for male faces. Study 3 revealed this interaction despite allowing participants to initially see, attend to, and match the attractive male faces in the first few turns. Analysis of matching errors suggested that, compared to other targets, attractive women were less confusable with one another. Results are discussed in terms of the different functions that attractiveness serves for men and women.
KW - Episodic memory
KW - Evolutionary psychology
KW - Face recognition
KW - Interpersonal perception
KW - Physical attractiveness
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U2 - 10.1177/0146167205279583
DO - 10.1177/0146167205279583
M3 - Article
C2 - 16254085
AN - SCOPUS:28244472126
SN - 0146-1672
VL - 31
SP - 1643
EP - 1652
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
IS - 12
ER -