When you look in the mirror. . .
Do you really see yourself. . .
Do you Like W H O you see
or are you really looking at someone completely
d i f f e r e n t l y
than the attractive person who stares unblinkingly
back at you. . . ?
There’s a new study that says your level of
a t t r a c t i v e n e s s
varies depending on who you’re with
and just how good-looking they are in comparison to you. . .
Now, you’d think a person’s attractiveness
is fixed. . .
but the research suggests that context is key when assessing how good-looking
someone actually is. . .
In a somewhat cruel,
if u n s u r p r i s i n g twist. . .
a person will rank higher on a scale
of attractiveness
when compared alongside less attractive people
than they would when judged alone. . .
For the study,
which was led by psychologists from
Royal Holloway,
University of London
and published in the journal
P S Y C H O L O G I C A L S C I E N C E,
40 participants were asked to rates pictures
of different faces
for their attractiveness . . .
They were then asked to assess
the same faces when they were placed alongside others. . .
when adding these
d i s t r a c t o r f a c e s
the original faces increased from
the first round of ranking. . .
Dr. Nicholas Furl, the author of the study, said
“If you saw a picture of George Clooney today,
you would rate him as good-looking as you would tomorrow
H O W E V E R
this work demonstrates that the company we keep
has an effect on how
attractive we appear to others. . . .”
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Dr. Furl thinks:
“People may even socially evaluate a person differently depending on who is standing nearby. . . .”
S O
W H A T ?
. . .w e l l
this information could be useful to those working in
a d v e r t i s i n g
w e b s i t e d e s i g n
and
c o n s u m e r b e h a v i o r. . .
S O
W H A T ?
M I R R O R
M I R R O R
O F F
T H E
W A L L
get smashed to bits
and see what’s behind the mirror. . .
what the mirror can never reflect
and what your eyes can never see
but your heart will never get wrong;
what your heart will never
fail to notice
the inside
of a person
the very i n s i d e
of yourself. . .
n o w
when that gets
reflected
noticed
s h o w n—
. . .what a perception
. . .what a vision
. . .what a sight
. . .what a gift
to b e h o l d. . .
to s h a r e. . .
to r e c e i v e. . .
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