Evidence that botox and fillers work. Feb 2014




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Summary: <p>This month, does Botox really make you appear younger, healthier and more attractive? Can we predict whether a woman will fall in love or lust with a man at first sight? And why Vladimir Putin is the world’s most confusing homophobe. </p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201402/PAP-2014-02.mp3">Download the MP3</a></p><p><b>Rate me!</b><br> Rate, review, or listen <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/itunes">in iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=63199&amp;refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a><br> </p><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6B0oT2jwncI/UxRKDmtFe1I/AAAAAAAABew/Ms5DzAjooGE/s576-Ic42/plant.png"><br> <p><i>A graph illustrating Plant's finding that people who are especially worried about being perceived as gay (high contagion) and who undergo a mating prime (being made to think about romantic partners) are more likely to express anti-gay attitudes. Note that warmth is lower amongst both the high contagion group and the mating prime group, but that it is only very low amongst those who are high contagion AND mating primed.</i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b></p><p>Fink, B., &amp; Prager, M. (2014). The effect of incobotulinumtoxin A and dermal filler treatment on perception of age, health, and attractiveness of female faces. <span style="font-style: italic;">Journal of Clinical &amp; Aesthetic Dermatology, 7</span>(1), 36-40. <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930539/">Read paper</a></p><p>Valentine, K. A., Li, N. P., Penke, L., &amp; Perrett, D. I. (in press). Judging a man by the width of his face: The role of facial ratios and dominance in mate choice at speed-dating events. <span style="font-style: italic;">Psychological Science</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797613511823">Read summary</a></p><p>Plant, E. A., Zielaskowski, K., &amp; Buck, D. M. (in press). Mating motives and concerns about being misidentified as gay or lesbian: Implications for the avoidance and derogation of sexual minorities. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167214521467">Read summary</a></p>