time 写道 "盯着对方看使你更具魅力，这是11月7日发表在《皇家学会会议录B:生物科学》(Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences)上的最新研究成果。 以前的面孔偏好（Face Preference）研究着重于身体的吸引力，而新的研究则研究了人注视的方向、性别。英国阿伯丁大学（University of Aberdeen）的Claire Conway是这篇研究结果的作者之一。她说，当被要求描绘富有魅力的面孔特征时，人们往往会想到一些身体上的特点，比如健康的皮肤、对称的面容或者强壮的下颚。现在他们发现人注视的方向也很重要。测试表明正在凝视受测试者的面孔比看着别的方向的面孔更有魅力--尤其当这张面孔来自一个微笑的异性。这表明人们更倾向于那些喜欢自己的面孔，魅力并不仅仅来自于人体美。可能我们的大脑让我们对这样的异性更感兴趣：富有魅力并且最情愿接受我们对他/她的注意。"

 

 

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Looking directly at someone makes you more attractive to them according to research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , today (Wednesday 7 November, 2007).

Previous face preference research has mainly focused on physical attractiveness but this new research has investigated the effects of gaze direction, gender and expressions on peoples face preferences. Participants were divided into four different groups and asked to rate the attractiveness of the images they were shown. Dr Claire Conway, author of the study from the University of Aberdeen, found that identifying the factors that govern our face preferences is a complex process and whether we find people facially attractive is dependent on a combination of factors. For example, we are more attracted to happy faces, which are directly looking at us and are of the opposite sex.

Dr Conway said: "When asked to think of examples of attractive facial characteristics, most people think of physical traits such as healthy looking skin, symmetrical features or a strong jaw. Here we show that gaze direction can also be important for attraction. Faces that were looking directly at the viewer were judged more attractive than faces with averted gaze. This effect was particularly pronounced if the face was smiling and the opposite sex to the viewer. This shows that people prefer faces that appear to like' them and that attraction is not simply about physical beauty. It is possible that our brains are wired this way to allow us to invest our time in attracting members of the opposite sex who seem the most receptive to our interest in them."