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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 2, 269-276 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/014616728172014
© 1981 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Why Attractive People are Harder to Remember

Leah L. Light

Pitzer College

Steven Hollander

Claremont Graduate School

Fortunee Kayra-Stuart

Claremont Graduate School

People judged as highly attractive are more typical in appearance than people who are judged as less attractive. They are liked better but are harder to recognize because they are more similar to each other. This constellation of results is consistent with current views about the nature of category structure.


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