Behavioral and neural responses to social exclusion in women: the role of facial attractiveness and friendliness

Abstract The behavioral and neural responses to social exclusion were examined in women randomized to four conditions, varying in levels of attractiveness and friendliness. Informed by evolutionary theory, we predicted that being socially excluded by attractive unfriendly women would be more distres...

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Main Authors: Tracy Vaillancourt, Stefon van Noordt, Amanda Krygsman, Heather Brittain, Adam C. Davis, Iryna S. Palamarchuk, Steven Arnocky, Sidney J. Segalowitz, Michael J. Crowley, Louis A. Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65833-4