Attractiveness bias: A cognitive explanation

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 40 (2017)
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According to cognitive averaging theory, preferences for attractive faces result from their similarity to facial prototypes, the categorical central tendencies of a population of faces. Prototypical faces are processed more fluently, resulting in increased positive affect in the viewer.

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