Summary: <p>Stay out of the sun! New research suggests that the skin colour change associated with sun tanning isn't as attractive as the effects of eating carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables, like tomatoes, pumpkins, and spinach. Can an attractive personality make you appear more attractive? And we find out why when women see red, women see red.</p><p>Plus, as a special summer surprise, <a href="http://www.hannahrowland.co.uk">Hannah Rowland</a> of the <a href="http://www.thebeepcast.com">Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Podcast</a> interviews <a href="http://brianmautz.weebly.com/">Brian Mautz</a> at the ISBE2014 conference about his research on penis size and attractiveness.</p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201408/PAP-2014-08.mp3">Download the MP3</a></p><p>I was interviewed by Prof. Alice Roberts this month for an episode of BBC Radio 4's Inside Science. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04brrmz">Click here</a> and skip to 24.40 to hear me defend Evolutionary Psychology with all my (feeble) might!<br> </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&refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a><br> </p><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YeO1X8oEXeQ/U9EOXilSRRI/AAAAAAAABew/R7yuK9HTxeQ/s2048-Ic42/orange.jpg"><br> <p><i>Scoff the orange, but scoff it in the shade: new research by Carmen Lefevre shows that the skin colour we get from eating carotenoid rich foods is more attractive than the colour we get from tanning.</i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b></p><p>Mautz, B. S., Wong, B. B. M., Peters, R. A., & Jennions, M. D. (2013). Penis size interacts with body shape and height to influence male attractiveness. <span style="font-style: italic;">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110</span>(17), 6925-6930. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1219361110%20">Read summary</a></p><p>Lefevre, C. E., & Perrett, D. I. (in press). Fruit over sunbed: Carotenoid skin coloration is found more attractive than melanin coloration. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.944194">Read summary</a></p><p>Zhang, Y., Kong, F., Zhong, Y., & Kou, H. (2014). Personality manipulations: Do they modulate facial attractiveness ratings? <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Individual Differences, 70</span>, 80-84. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.033">Read summary</a></p><p>Pazda, A. D., Prokop, P., & Elliot, A. J. (in press). Red and romantic rivalry: viewing another woman in red increases perceptions of sexual receptivity, derogration, and intentions to mate-guard. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167214539709">Read summary</a></p>
