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Does Your Mate Look Just Like You?


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    Yvonne Jones

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Sources Discussed in Video
  • Alvarez, L., & Jaffe, K. (2004). Narcissism guides mate selection: Humans mate assortatively, as revealed by facial resemblance, following an algorithm of "self seeking like". Evolutionary Psychology, 2, 177-194. http://www.epjournal.net/filestore/ep02177194.pdf
  • DeBruine, L.M. (2004). Facial resemblance Increases the Attractiveness of Same-Sex Faces More than Other-Sex Faces. The Royal Society, 271, 2085-2090.
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More to Explore

  • FaceResearch.org allows you to participate in short online psychology experiments looking at the traits people find attractive in faces and voices. You can upload your own face, make an average face and transform a face. faceresearch.org
  • For more information on evolutionary psychology and mate choice, visit Dr. David M. Buss' website: http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/Group/BussLAB/
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