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> This woman’s perception of this man’s physical attractiveness remained this intense, even after 30 years since last she had seen him! This just came out of n
by hmsimha 12y ago
> This woman’s perception of this man’s physical attractiveness remained this intense, even after 30 years since last she had seen him!
This just came out of nowhere, without any previous or later mention of the period the study was conducted over in the article. Was it a typo? It seems like a lot can change in 30 years and I'm doubtful the subjects would even retain an association they formed with a person they rated 30 years previously.
- yzzxy 12y agoThis article, like a lot of science writing, seems to just pull together a lot of studies with a common thread and write an alternative version of the abstract for each one. It is in many ways a less useful version of an academic review that is easier to read. As a side note, that paragraph reminded me immediately of 1Q84.
- christoph 12y agoThere is a body of controversial evidence that suggests a persons personality is formed within their first three years of life and doesn't generally significantly change. [1] - http://www.rc.usf.edu/~jdorio/Personality/PERSONALITY%20CONTINUITY%20AND%20CHANGE%20ACROSS%20THE%20LIFE%20COURSE.pdf http://www.rc.usf.edu/~jdorio/Personality/PERSONALITY%20CONT... [2] - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_development http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_development
- hmsimha 12y agoDid you read the article? This is regarding an association formed by experiment subjects towards people shown to them in photographs. My quote from the article seems to be the only reference to a 30-year-later follow-up wherein subjects were again asked to rate the same people (and supposedly retained the same negative/positive association)