Kind men are attractive. And unattractive. At the same time. Oct 2009




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Summary: <p>Why Ricky Gervais is ideal father material. We also find out why rebounding might be good for you, and not just on the basketball court, and we discover how kindness can be attractive and unattractive at the same time. </p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness200910/PAP-2009-10.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </p><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cVmjQOYQ_XA/U2DnOwd2KPI/AAAAAAAAA_A/Ow90MpY184U/s1600/gerv.png"><br> <p><i>Would Ricky and fellow comedians make good fathers?</i></p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> <p>Moore, F., Law Smith, M., Cassidy, C., &amp; Perrett, D. (2009). Female reproductive strategy predicts preferences for sexual dimorphism in male faces. <span style="font-style: italic;">Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 7</span>(3), 211-224. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/JEP.7.2009.3.2">Read summary</a></p><p>Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., &amp; Wilson, A. E. (2009). On the rebound: focusing on someone new helps anxiously attached andividuals let go of ex-partners. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35</span>(10), 1382-1394. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167209341580">Read summary</a></p><p>Lukaszewski, A. W., &amp; Roney, J. R. (In Press). Kind toward whom? Mate preferences for personality traits are target specific. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolution and Human Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.06.008">Read summary</a></p>