Women’s self-rated attraction to male faces does not correspond with physiological arousal
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Summary
It is concluded that self-rated preferences may not provide a straightforward and direct assessment of sexual attraction, and it is argued that future work should identify the constructs that are tapped via attractiveness ratings of faces, and support the development of methodology which assesses objective sexual attraction.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2017-10-19
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 32
- Access
- Open access
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Keywords
Attractiveness, Attraction, Sexual arousal, Psychology, Facial attractiveness
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