Attentional and affective biases for attractive females emerge early in development

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Volume

40

Abstract

Predominant experience with females early in development results in infants developing an attractive, female-like facial representation that guides children's attention toward and affective preferences for attractive females. When combined with increased interest in the other sex at puberty, these early emerging biases might help explain the robust prosocial and financial biases men exhibit toward attractive women during adulthood. © Cambridge University Press 2017.

Language

english

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