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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 12, 1643-1652 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205279583
© 2005 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Concentrating on Beauty: Sexual Selection and Sociospatial Memory

D. Vaughn Becker

Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus

Douglas T. Kenrick

Arizona State University

Stephen Guerin

Redfish Group, Santa Fe

Jon K. Maner

Florida State University

In three experiments, location memory for faces was examined using a computer version of the matching game Concentration. Findings suggested that physical attractiveness led to more efficient matching for female faces but not for male faces. Study 3 revealed this interaction despite allowing participants to initially see, attend to, and match the attractive male faces in the first few turns. Analysis of matching errors suggested that, compared to other targets, attractive women were less confusable with one another. Results are discussed in terms of the different functions that attractiveness serves for men and women.

Key Words: evolutionary psychology • episodic memory • face recognition • physical attractiveness • interpersonal perception


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