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Study reveals what truly makes you attractive
Recent research revealed that simply looking the part does not mean one can be considered attractive.
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According to a report published by Science Daily, the study analyzed what was considered to be 30 years worth of research, centered around total attraction. (Shutterstock/File)
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hysical looks are a key fixation for those looking for an attractive partner and are standard for a lot of industries, such as modeling. Recently, new research conducted at the University of Wroclaw in Poland by Agata Groyecka revealed that simply looking the part does not mean one can be considered attractive.
Groyecka stated that most recent reviews have focused on visual attractiveness, such as face or body attractiveness.
According to a report published by Science Daily, Groyecka and her colleagues analyzed what was considered to be 30 years worth of research, centered around total attraction; not just physical looks such as one’s face and body.
Instead, Groyecka focused on the perceived attractiveness of individuals based on how others saw, heard and smelled them. “Perceiving others through all three channels gives a more reliable and broader variety of information about them,” she explained.
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She emphasized that other studies showed that people can make guesses on gender and age based on the tone of the voice of the individual they hear, without having to look at them. Listeners were also discovered to be able to deduce a range of characteristics from a voice that they hear, such as the dominance, cooperativeness, emotional state, and relative body size of the voice’s owner.
The tone of someone’s voice and their natural scent (or how they mask it) can make or break the final decision of whether or not they are found attractive from one individual to another, according to a related article by Reader’s Digest.
“Literature about other senses and their role in social relations has grown rapidly and should not be neglected,” Groyecka stressed. “I hope that this review will inspire researchers to further explore the role of audition and olfaction in social relations.” (acr/kes)
