Summary: <p>How stress can disrupt what we find attractive. We also look at why friends are similar in attractiveness, and whether it pays to save yourself the bother of choosing a partner and instead let someone else do the choosing for you. </p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201004/PAP-2010-04.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&refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a><br> </p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Lass-Hennemann, J., Deuter, C. E., Kuehl, L. K., Schulz, A., Blumenthal, T. D., & Schachinger, H. (In press). Effects of stress on human mating preferences: stressed individuals prefer dissimilar mates. <span style="font-style: italic;">Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0258">Read summary</a></p><p>Bleske-Rechek, A. L., & Lighthall, M. (In press). Attractiveness and rivalry in women's friendships with women. <span style="font-style: italic;">Human Nature.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12110-010-9081-5">Read summary</a></p><p>Yorzinski, J. L., & Platt, M. L. (2010). Same-sex gaze attraction influences mate-choice copying in humans. <span style="font-style: italic;">PLoS One, 5</span>(2), e9115. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009115">Read full paper for free</a></p>
