People generally prefer mates that resemble themselves (except perhaps when they’re stressed out). But how much of a resemblance is ideal? Too much, and you risk mating with a relative, but not enough and maybe you end up mating with someone from a warring tribe. Here, the researchers photoshopped people’s faces into those of their romantic partners and then varied the amount of each face in the resulting blend. They found that adding 22% of the subject’s own face made their partner the most attractive (versus 11% and 33%). Not only that, but the subject didn’t even realize that their partner’s face had been morphed with their own. Apparently we’re all just narcissists at heart.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 22:32:57 +0000
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