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Primarily, the insula appeared responsible for judging whether something was beautiful or not, and if something was beautiful, the amygdala would then be activated to provide an emotional response. Researchers state this suggests that both our capacity to detect beauty and enjoy the pleasurable sensations it elicits are strongly hardwired into our brain structure. | Primarily, the insula appeared responsible for judging whether something was beautiful or not, and if something was beautiful, the amygdala would then be activated to provide an emotional response. Researchers state this suggests that both our capacity to detect beauty and enjoy the pleasurable sensations it elicits are strongly hardwired into our brain structure. | ||
The inter-rater agreement between raters of physical attractiveness in terms of [https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPillScience/comments/8csgjw/looks_ratings_101_nearly_all_studies_show_a/ Cronbach's α] is typically around α = .9, which is considered a high level of agreement. Wood (2009) found people agree strongly about the extremes (very attractive and unattractive), but they have diverse tastes about the mid range. For a person with average attractiveness, their ratings generally vary with about 2 standard deviations on a 10-point scale. Hence, the [[bluepill]] regarding diversity in preferences holds true for people of average attractiveness but not for ugly people (and maybe also not for very attractive people). | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Figures:'''</span> | |||
[[File:Attractiveness_Ratings_Wood_2009.png|500px|thumb|none|Each male and female was rated by 2,683 women and 1,371 men, respectively. People strongly agree about very unattractive people being unattractive. One can see that people agree less about average looking people. Women seem to disagree more, especially about attractive men, but [[Variability hypothesis#Variability_in_sexual_desire|this could be e.g. due to more racial homophily]]. ]] | |||
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<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | ||
* Di Dio C, Macaluso E, Rizzolatti G. 2007. ''The Golden Beauty: Brain Response to Classical and Renaissance Sculptures.'' PLoS ONE. 2(11): e1201. [[https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001201 FullText]] | * Di Dio C, Macaluso E, Rizzolatti G. 2007. ''The Golden Beauty: Brain Response to Classical and Renaissance Sculptures.'' PLoS ONE. 2(11): e1201. [[https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001201 FullText]] | ||
* Wood D, Brumbaugh C C. 2009. ''Using Revealed Mate Preferences to Evaluate Market Force and Differential Preference Explanations for Mate Selection.'' [[http://doi.org/10.1037/a0015 Abstract]] [[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0cb0/ad55235f09832dc9f28d1bbde9e86ea1a402.pdf FullText]] | |||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="People_broadly_agree_on_who_is_good_looking_or_not.2C_and_it_affects_every_aspect_of_life">People broadly agree on who is good looking or not, and it affects every aspect of life</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="People_broadly_agree_on_who_is_good_looking_or_not.2C_and_it_affects_every_aspect_of_life">People broadly agree on who is good looking or not, and it affects every aspect of life</span>=== | ||
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According to this data, the positive or negative impacts of one's attractiveness can be universally appreciated and resonate through an entire lifetime. | According to this data, the positive or negative impacts of one's attractiveness can be universally appreciated and resonate through an entire lifetime. | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Data:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Data:'''</span> | ||