When men appear smaller or larger than they really are: preliminary evidence that women are fooled by size illusions in attractiveness judgment tasks

In humans, studies have shown that contrast illusions can affect perceptions of facial attractiveness and dominance. In non-human animals, recent research found that contrast illusions of size positively affected male mate value. In humans, male height is a potentially important indicator of mate va...

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Main Authors: Ludwig Yannick S., Pollet Thomas V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2014-12-01
Series:Anthropological Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2014-0023