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Does Being Attractive Always Help? Positive and Negative Effects of Attractiveness on Social Decision Making [PDF]

, 2011
Previous studies of organizational decision making demonstrate an abundance of positive biases directed toward highly attractive individuals. The current research, in contrast, suggests that when the person being evaluated is of the same sex as the ...
Spörrle, Matthias, Agthe, Maria, Maner, Jon K., Matthias Spörrle, Jon K. Maner, Maria Agthe   +5 more
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The Role of Annual Flowering Plant Strips on a Melon Crop in Central Spain. Influence on Pollinators and Crop

Insects, 2020
Planting flower strips adjacent to crops is among the habitat-management practices employed to offer alternative floral resources to pollinators. However, more information is needed to understand their potential spill-over of pollinators on nearby insect-
Celeste Azpiazu, Pilar Medina, Ángeles Adán, Ismael Sánchez-Ramos, Pedro del Estal, Alberto Fereres, Elisa Viñuela   +6 more
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Humans are not fooled by size illusions in attractiveness judgements

, 2014
Could signallers use size contrast illusions to dishonestly exaggerate their attractiveness to potential mates? Using composite photographs of women from three body mass index (BMI) categories designed to simulate small groups, we show that target women ...
Cornelissen, Piers, George, Hannah, Gouws, Anton, Tovée, Martin, Tovée, Martin J., Cornelissen, Piers L., Bateson, Melissa, George, Hannah R.   +7 more
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Attraction is altered via modulation of the medial prefrontal cortex without explicit knowledge

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Previous studies have demonstrated that brain stimulation can alter an individual's physical appearance via dysregulation of the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC).
Samantha Zorns, Claudia Sierzputowski, Sydney Ash, Molly Skowron, Anthony Minervini, Adriana LaVarco, Matthew Pardillo, Julian Paul Keenan   +7 more
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
wiley   +1 more source

What does it mean to find the Face of the Franchise? Physical Attractiveness and the Evaluation of Athletic Performance [PDF]

, 2010
Previous research has shown how more attractive people reap more rewards in a variety of settings. We show that attractiveness as measured by facial symmetry leads to greater rewards in professional sports.
Jennifer Van Gilder, Berri, David, Van Gilder, J, Simmons, R, Simmons, Robert, Rob Simmons, O'Neill, L, Berri, D J, David J. Berri, Van Gilder, Jennifer, O'Neill, Lisle, Lisle O'Neill   +11 more
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Boosting Engineering Education with Virtual Reality: An Experiment to Enhance Student Knowledge Retention

Applied System Innovation
This article is about experiments investigating teaching and learning processes and their effects on students. Specifically, the laboratory experiment method aims to determine if using virtual reality in classes leads to better learning outcomes ...
Fernando Elemar Vicente dos Anjos, Adriano de Oliveira Martins, Gislene Salim Rodrigues, Miguel Afonso Sellitto, Debora Oliveira da Silva   +4 more
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Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes, Guilherme M. Azevedo, Amanda P. Barcellos, Diana Bahia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eyelid-openness and mouth curvature influence perceived intelligence beyond attractiveness

, 2016
Impression formation is profoundly influenced by facial attractiveness, but the existence of facial cues which affect judgments beyond such an ‘attractiveness halo’ may be underestimated. Since depression and tiredness adversely affect cognitive capacity,
Talamas, Sean N., Perrett, David I., Perrett, DI, Talamas, SN, Talamas, Sean, Axelsson, John, Mavor, Kenneth Ian, Axelsson, J,, Sundelin, Tina,, Sundelin, Tina, Perrett, David Ian, Mavor, KI, Mavor, Kenneth I., Sundelin, T,   +13 more
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An assessment of the availability, accessibility, and attractiveness of urban green space and parks in three African cities

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Context and background: Urban green areas are critical in generating community social, economic, environmental, and health advantages. However, clear and reliable data on the spatial extent, distribution, accessibility, and attractiveness of green ...
Alemakef Tassew, Aklilu Fikresilassie
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