Are You Attracted to People Who Look Like You?
SodaHead Living
2012/06/22 20:00:00
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Ever notice that your significant other looks, well, a lot like you? It may not be a coincidence. Psychologist R. Chris Fraley of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign digitally morphed subjects' faces with strangers' faces; he found that morphed faces were more attractive to subjects when their own face was included, USA Today reports.
"When you have a face that looks more like you, you tend to trust it more and think it looks more cooperative," Tony Little, a research fellow in psychology at the University of Stirling in Scotland who is studying the role of the human face in mating choices, told the paper.
An upcoming dating website, Find Your FaceMate, even uses facial-recognition software to suggest romantic matches. Sounds kind of creepy to us, but we do see a lot of couples who kinda look alike. Is it just a coincidence? Or maybe we're all just in love with ourselves?
Top Opinion
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Chloey Hamer 2012/06/22 21:30:48No
+11What's with Psychologists releasing Studies that almost never apply to a majority The people on Sodahead?
I have red hair(dark, I guess you could say.) and brown eyes.
However, that does make sense. I marked yes, because I think I would trust a person who looked a lot like me and I would be more willing to get to know them then anyone else, honestly.
Although I can not find a reference for it on the Net, I believe the Psychological term for this is, "narcissistic attraction." However, it's been half-a-lifetime since my last course in Psychology, so my memories may have failed.
Might be on to something though - It could be a built in way to preserve groups of people.
I find tall women with dark hair (usually tan skin) attractive.