Sex Differences in Attraction to Familiar and Unfamiliar Opposite-Sex Faces: Men Prefer Novelty and Women Prefer Familiarity
Sex Differences in Attraction to Familiar and Unfamiliar Opposite-Sex Faces: Men Prefer Novelty and Women Prefer Familiarity
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DOI：
10.1007/s10508-013-0120-2
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发表时间：
2014-07-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Jones, Benedict C.
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作者：
Little, Anthony C.;DeBruine, Lisa M.;Jones, Benedict C.
熟悉在许多类型的刺激中都是有吸引力的，暴露在环境中通常会增加喜欢的感觉。然而，男性比女性渴望更多的性伴侣，这表明他们更喜欢新奇事物。我们考察了不同性别对熟悉度的偏好。在研究1(N=83名女性，63名男性)中，我们让个体两次接触面孔，发现在第二次评估中，面孔被认为更有吸引力，反映出对熟悉面孔的吸引力，例外情况是，男性对女性面孔的评分在第二次评估中下降，显示出对新奇事物的吸引力。在研究2(N=42名女性，28名男性)和研究3(N=51名女性，25名男性)中，暴露在空气中尤其降低了男性对女性在短期关系中的吸引力和性感的评分。在研究4(N=女性，50名男性)中，女性对面孔的吸引力与自我评价的与当前伴侣的面孔相似程度呈正相关，而对男性的影响明显较弱。潜在地，男性对新奇事物的吸引力可能反映了一种适应，促进了大量性伴侣的获得。
Familiarity is attractive in many types of stimuli and exposure generally increases feelings of liking. However, men desire a greater number of sexual partners than women, suggesting a preference for novelty. We examined sex differences in preferences for familiarity. In Study 1 (N = 83 women, 63 men), we exposed individuals to faces twice and found that faces were judged as more attractive on the second rating, reflecting attraction to familiar faces, with the exception that men's ratings of female faces decreased on the second rating, demonstrating attraction to novelty. In Studies 2 (N = 42 women, 28 men) and 3 (N = 51 women, 25 men), exposure particularly decreased men's ratings of women's attractiveness for short-term relationships and their sexiness. In Study 4 (N = 64 women, 50 men), women's attraction to faces was positively related to self-rated similarity to their current partner's face, while the effect was significantly weaker for men. Potentially, men's attraction to novelty may reflect an adaptation promoting the acquisition of a high number of sexual partners.