Summary: <p>This month, why a good sense of humour is sometimes attractive and sometimes not so much, how fruit consumption affects appearance, and why high heels elevate attractiveness.<br> </p><p><audio><br> </audio><br> </p><p><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201212/PAP-2012-12.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 src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nlaYtlcF99A/Uau3sbObruI/AAAAAAAABew/0Nwq4TZ0Kkw/s450-Ic42/stephen-merchant.png"><br> <p><i>Stephen Merchant's stand up act is based on his apparent inability to win over women. But new research by Mary Cowan suggests that people's ideas about what constitutes a GSOH are more flexible than we previously thought. So keep plugging away, Smerch!</i><br> </p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b></p><p>Cowan, M. L., & Little, A. C. (2013). The effects of relationship context and modality on ratings of funniness. <span style="font-style: italic;">Personality and Individual Differences, 54</span>(4), 496-500. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.10.020">Read summary</a></p><p>Morris, P. H., White, J., Morrison, E. R., & Fisher, K. (in press). High heels as supernormal stimuli: How wearing high heels affects judgements of female attractiveness. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolution and Human Behavior.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.11.006">Read summary</a></p><p>Whitehead, R. D., Ozakinci, G., & Perrett, D. I. (2012). Attractive skin coloration: Harnessing sexual selection to improve diet and health. <span style="font-style: italic;">Evolutionary Psychology, 10</span>(5), 842-854. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/">Read summary</a></p>
