11 unexpected facts about attraction
11 unexpected facts about attraction
- March 13, 2013
- Research by Darren Peshek, cognitive sciences graduate student, is featured on Oprah.com and Yahoo! Shine March 13, 2013
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From Oprah.com:
Your Limbal Rings Are Riveting. The eye's limbal ring goes in the category of overlooked
but not unseen. It's the dark circle around the iris that enhances the whiteness and
brightness of the sclera (the whites of the eyes). Researchers at the University of
California at Irvine asked people to rate sets of faces that were identical except
for the eyes — one had dark and distinct limbal rings and the other had none. The
outcome? Whether male or female, the faces with prominent limbal rings were considered
more attractive. The likely reason is that a dark, well-defined ring is a signal of
youth and health — qualities that people seek in mates. It's thickest and most prominent
through the early 20s and fades — often becoming nonexistent — with age and medical
conditions.
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