Summary: <p>How our feelings of attraction can be influenced by brain chemicals. Also, one night stand or long-term relationship: do the things we want from a partner change as we get older? We also discover how wearing sexy clothes makes our face more attractive. Plus, when is a woman most likely to agree to a dance or give out her phone number? </p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness200905/PAP-2009-05.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </p><p></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/-ABR0OqXwOBg/U2DqzB4NbPI/AAAAAAAAA_0/dvQgC0o0WrU/s1600/dancing.jpg"><br> <p><i>Care to dance? New research by Nicolas Guéguen shows that women are more likely to agree to boogie with a man if they are near ovulation.</i></p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> <p>Theodoridou, A., Rowe, A. C., Penton-Voak, I. S., & Rogers, P. J. (2009). Oxytocin and social perception: oxytocin increases perceived facial trustworthiness and attractiveness. <span style="font-style: italic;">Hormones and Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.019">Read summary</a> </p><p>Bleske-Rechek, A. L., Vanden-Heuvel, B., & Vander-Wyst, M. (2009). Age variation in mating strategies and mate preferences: beliefs versus reality. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolutionary Psychology, 7</span>(2), 179-205. <a href="http://www.epjournal.net/filestore/ep07179205.pdf">Read article</a> </p><p>Lõhmus, M., Sundström, L. F., & Björklund, M. (2009). Dress for success: human facial expressions are important signals of emotions. <span style="font-style: italic;">Annales Zoologici Fennici, 46</span>(1), 75-80. <a href="http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anz46-free/anz46-075.pdf">Read article</a> </p><p>Guéguen, N. (2009). Menstrual cycle phases and female receptivity to a courtship solicitation: an evaluation in a nightclub. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolution and Human Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.03.004">Read summary</a> </p>
