We form first impressions from faces despite warnings not to do so. Moreover, there is
considerable agreement in our impressions, which carry significant social outcomes …

Financial and prosocial biases in favor of attractive adults have been documented in the
labor market, in social transactions in everyday life, and in studies involving experimental …

Marketers frequently style food to look pretty (eg, in advertising). This article investigates
how pretty aesthetics (defined by classical aesthetic principles, such as order, symmetry …

In the third edition of her popular text, Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities, Diane Halpern
tackles fundamental questions about the meaning of sex differences in cognition and why …

Food producers and retailers throw away large amounts of perfectly edible produce that fails
to meet appearance standards, contributing to the environmental issue of food waste. The …

Successful Nonverbal Communication: Principles and Applications demonstrates how
knowledge of nonverbal messages can affect successful communication in the real world …

Beautiful people are seen more positively than others, but are they also seen more
accurately? In a round-robin design in which previously unacquainted individuals met for 3 …

Abstract The Beauty-is-Good stereotype refers to the assumption that attractive people
possess sociably desirable personalities and higher moral standards. The existence of this …

Consumers use aesthetics bias to judge the risk of their food intake, having an important
impact on food waste of less appealing food (ie, aesthetically imperfect foods). In six studies …

Food waste is a major threat to global sustainability. Much of it is caused by the aesthetic
requirements imposed by retailers, which assume that consumers are not interested in …