An evolutionary perspective on appearance enhancement behavior

AC Davis, S Arnocky - Archives of sexual behavior, 2022 - Springer
Researchers have highlighted numerous sociocultural factors that have been shown to
underpin human appearance enhancement practices, including the influence of peers …

Does facial attractiveness really signal immunocompetence?

BC Jones, IJ Holzleitner, V Shiramizu - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2021 - cell.com
The dominant theory of facial attractiveness judgments is that they evolved to identify healthy
individuals with strong immune systems. Here, we summarize results of recent tests of this …

Attractive and healthy-looking male faces do not show higher immunoreactivity

Ž Pátková, D Schwambergová, J Třebická Fialová… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Previous research has indicated that facial attractiveness may provide cues to the
functioning of the immune system. Mating with individuals who have a more effective …

If you work it, flaunt it: Conspicuous displays of exercise efforts increase mate value

J Vandenbroele, A Van Kerckhove… - Journal of Business …, 2020 - Elsevier
Why do people love to share their running routes on social media? From an evolutionary
perspective, the conspicuous display of exercise efforts provides an indicator of health …

Self-rated attractiveness predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial characteristics in a culturally diverse sample

UM Marcinkowska, BC Jones, AJ Lee - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Individuals who are more attractive are thought to show a greater preference for facial
sexual dimorphism, potentially because individuals who perceive themselves as more …

Perceptual advantage of animal facial attractiveness: evidence from b-CFS and binocular rivalry

J Shang, Z Liu, H Yang, C Wang, L Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Research has shown that attractive human faces enjoy an advantage in both conscious and
preconscious processing. Here we examined whether this preference for attractiveness is …

Hostility mediates the relations between self-perceived physical health status and cost-inflicting mate retention.

AC Davis, J Belanger, A Mattsson… - Evolutionary Behavioral …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Physical health has been argued to provide a range of reproductive advantages such as
being preferentially chosen as a mate, having more disease-resistant children, and …

Self-perceived Mate Value is Predicted by Biological and self-reported Indices of Health in Young Adults

S Arnocky, B Denomme, C Hodges-Simeon… - … Human Behavior and …, 2023 - Springer
Immunocompetence can influence an organism's reproductive fitness, and thus presumably
their desirability as a mate (ie, mate value). In humans, the link between …

Oxidative stress as a hidden cost of attractiveness in postmenopausal women

UM Marcinkowska, A Ziomkiewicz, K Kleisner… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Perceived facial attractiveness, a putative marker of high biological fitness, is costly to
maintain throughout a lifetime and may cause higher oxidative stress (OS). We investigated …

Uma visão biologicamente cultural da compra e ostentação de produtos luxuosos

FC Novaes, JC Natividade - ReMark-Revista Brasileira de …, 2023 - periodicos.uninove.br
Objetivo: O objetivo deste artigo é discutir a função adaptativa do consumo, enfatizando-se
o consumo masculino de produtos luxuosos. Método: Trata-se de uma revisão narrativa e …