NFL quarterbacks are better looking. Jan 2010




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Summary: <p>We’re back after a short Christmas break to find out whether people who are good at sports are better looking than us average Joes. We also discover how preferences for facial masculinity are related to a person’s sexuality and their sensitivity to disgust. </p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201001/PAP-2010-01.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 width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rASGuN9GsEM/Tet2r3KT9_I/AAAAAAAAAXY/qMBiyw93PJ8/s320/Arkansas_State_Football_Player.jpg" border="0"><br> <p><i>What's under the helmet? Williams and colleagues show that better quarterbacks tend to be better looking. </i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show: </b></p><p>Glassenberg, A. N., Feinberg, D. R., Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., &amp; DeBruine, L. M. (In Press). Sex-dimorphic face shape preference in heterosexual and homosexual men and women. <span style="font-style: italic;">Archives of Sexual Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-009-9559-6">Read summary</a></p><p>DeBruine, L. M., Jones, B. C., Tybur, J. M., Lieberman, D., &amp; Griskevicius, V. (2010). Women's preferences for masculinity in male faces are predicted by pathogen disgust, but not by moral or sexual disgust. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolution and Human Behavior, 31</span>(1), 69-74. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.09.003">Read summary</a></p><p>Williams, K. M., Park, J. H., &amp; Wieling, M. B. (2010). The face reveals athletic flair: better National Football League quarterbacks are better looking. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Individual Differences, 48</span>(2), 112-116. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.09.003">Read summary</a></p>