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Title: Attraction: Scent, Facial symmetry
Post by: zlj57 on Apr 1, 2023
Interesting reads:

Facial attractiveness: evolutionary based research:
ncbi.nlm.nih,gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130383/

The scent of attraction and the smell of success: crossmodal influences on person perception:
ncbi.nlm.nih,gov/pmc/articles/PMC8233629/

I am looking at attraction with facial symmetry and scent. Let your thoughts be remarked here.


Title: Re: Attraction: Scent, Facial symmetry
Post by: bio_man on Apr 1, 2023
There is definitely a science behind beauty. Why we perceive some people beautiful, and others not has a lot to do with the placement of facial features. To fully understand what makes someone physically beautiful, we must ignore social biases and look at it from an objective point of view. These two articles should definitely make for an interesting read. It is true when they write "A large body of research now shows that the presence of odour can indeed influence person perception through a range of mechanisms from mood-induction to crossmodal affective/semantic priming, and changes in arousal." What are your personal thoughts on the matter?