Summary: <p>Is there a universal '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio">golden ratio</a>' that explains facial attractiveness? We also discover how the behaviours people use to keep their partner from leaving them change over time, and whether waitresses who wear makeup can expect larger tips. </p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201002/PAP-2010-02.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&refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a><br> </p><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LIkmbEWurrM/VRLIIMZ1BXI/AAAAAAAABQ8/6ZfZCLG7CC4/s1600/beautymask.jpg"><br> <p><i>Angelina Jolie doesn't quite fit the golden ratio beauty mask, but who cares? She is chuffing gorgeous.</i><br> </p><p><b>The articles covered in the show: </b></p><p>Pallett, P. M., Link, S., & Lee, K. (2010). New "golden" ratios for facial beauty. <span style="font-style: italic;">Vision Research, 50</span>(2), 149-154. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2009.11.003">Read summary</a></p><p>Kaighobadi, F., Shackelford, T. K., & Buss, D. M. (2010). Spousal mate retention in the newlywed year and three years later. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Individual Differences, 48</span>(4), 414-418. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.008">Read summary</a></p><p>Jacob, C., Guéguen, N., Boulbry, G., & Ardiccioni, R. (2010). Waitresses' facial cosmetics and tipping: A field experiment. <span style="font-style: italic;">International Journal of Hospitality Management, 29</span>(1), 188-190. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2009.04.003">Read summary</a></p><p>To show you the kind of manipulation Pallett applied to her images in her study of optimal ratios for facial attractiveness, I knocked up a couple of examples using everybody's favourite romcom 'actor', Matthew McConnawhatever.<br> </p><img width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-lD1ohmy1eM/S28kAFAGnkI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/9OVZn_Q6g54/s400/mcconaughey_height.jpg" border="0"><br> <p>Matthew McConaughey with his eye-mouth to face-height ratio altered. The image in the middle is the real one, with Matthew's .38 ratio close to the average of .36.<br> </p><img width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-lD1ohmy1eM/S28knBxJQDI/AAAAAAAAAPY/6Uo3-nl7uHE/s400/mcconaughey_width.jpg" border="0"><br> <p>Matthew McConaughey with his eye-eye to face-width ratio altered. This time his real ratio is .47, almost dead on the average of .46.</p>
