News tagged with attractive female

Dating drought or purple patch? How males choose mates

(PhysOrg.com) -- Males decide how much effort they put into courtship and which females to court based on how many others they have recently encountered and how attractive they were, according to a new study into the mating ...

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Pride, prejudice and the 'Darcin effect'

The pheromone that attracts female mice to the odour of a particular male has been identified. Named 'darcin' by researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology (after Darcy, the attractive hero in Jane Austen ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Women do make men throw caution to the wind, research confirms

The presence of an attractive woman elevates testosterone levels and physical risk taking in young men, according to a recent study in the inaugural issue of Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males

Females can be too attractive to the opposite sex -- too attractive for their own good -- say biologists at UC Santa Barbara. They found that, among fruit flies, too much male attention directed toward attractive ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Weight matters: 'Normal' sized girls are judged to be more attractive by young men

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that despite the size zero trend, boys really do prefer 'normal' girls of an average weight and build.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

What she sees in you -- facial attractiveness explained

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to potential mates, women may be as complicated as men claim they are, according to psychologists.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (19) | comments 10