Apparently, seeing an attractive person look at an object automatically makes you like it more [http://meteuphoric.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/subconscious-stalkin

Apparently, seeing an attractive person look at an object automatically makes you like it more [http://meteuphoric.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/subconscious-stalking/ http://meteuphoric.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/subconscious-sta...]. I guess this is part of the reason ads tend to feature good-looking people. This makes me want to avoid looking at ads as much as possible -- we are vulnerable to manipulation in ways which are completely impossible to defend against.