Sexually selective cognition

Maner, Jon K.; Ackerman, Joshua M.

doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2014.11.014

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“…The similarity in homosexual men and heterosexual women mirrors the findings of studies on homosexuality and a behavioural and cognitive "shift" in the direction of the opposite sex (see Boothroyd, Cross, Gray, Coombes, & Gregson-Curtis, 2011;LeVay, 2011). This could be related to perceptual vigilance to potential romantic rivals (see Maner & Ackerman, 2015); although there currently is not much research to suggest that homosexual men could view the opposite sex as competitors in the mating market. The similarity in homosexual men and heterosexual women in accuracy of perception of female sexuality warrants further investigations.…”

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Is Gaydar Affected by Attitudes Toward Homosexuality? Confidence, Labeling Bias, and Accuracy

Brewer

Lyons

2016

Journal of Homosexuality

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Is Gaydar Affected by Attitudes Toward Homosexuality? Confidence, Labeling Bias, and Accuracy

Brewer

Lyons

2016

Journal of Homosexuality

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“…In fact, scenes of sports victory prompted greater rated pleasantness and equivalent arousal ratings yet led to less than half the amplitude of EPN negativity shift (−1.86 µV difference from neutral scene EPNs) as erotic scenes (−4.83 µV difference from neutral scene EPNs). Considering that most prior demonstrations of a bias toward pleasant scene modulation of the EPN included erotica, this result suggests that there may be specific qualities included in these scenes that enhance scalp negativity at this location and latency, such as an evolved predisposition to process cues of sexual opportunity (Endler, ; Maner & Ackerman, ; Tooby & Cosmides, ).…”

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Emotional and feature‐based modulation of the early posterior negativity

2019

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The early posterior negativity (EPN) has been shown to be enhanced by emotional relative to neutral scene perception. A subset of studies has also reported a bias in the EPN toward pleasant relative to unpleasant scenes. Functional MRI research has also identified a region in lateral occipital cortex that shows a sensitivity to the visual perception of body parts, which may contribute to the EPN. Here, we assess the roles of rated scene pleasantness and the depiction of body parts on modulation of the EPN in two studies, using scenes that are chosen to be of equivalent perceptual complexity. In Study 1, we presented two distinct highly pleasant and arousing scene contents (erotic couples and moments of jubilant victory) as well as neutral people, threat, and mutilation scenes. As in prior research, the EPN was enhanced by emotionally arousing scenes, with the greatest modulation evoked by erotic scenes, although victory scenes elicited stronger ratings of pleasantness and equivalent ratings of arousal. This result suggests that the EPN may be sensitive to distinct features found in erotic scenes. To determine the extent to which body part perception modulates the EPN, Study 2 compared EPN modulation evoked by erotic scenes with nonerotic nudist scenes. Ratings of pleasantness and arousal were reduced, yet nudist scenes led to stronger modulation of the EPN compared to erotic scenes. These data indicate that, in addition to the emotional intensity of scenes, modulation of the EPN may in part reflect the discrimination of unclothed body parts.

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“…Consistently, neurophysiological evidence has also suggested that heterosexual women showed a greater difference in LPP response to the HA versus LA same-sex faces than did heterosexual men (Hahn et al, 2016). According to evolutionary theory, women may focus on their potential rivals in mate selection, as these HA rivals are threats for these women in attracting satisfactory mates (Maner et al, 2007b;Maner and Ackerman, 2015). Therefore, women may also show attentional bias to HA female faces.…”

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Mechanisms for the Cognitive Processing of Attractiveness in Adult and Infant Faces: From the Evolutionary Perspective

Kou

Xie

2020

Front. Psychol.

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Research on the cognitive processing of facial attractiveness has mainly focused on adult faces. Recent studies have revealed that the cognitive processing of facial attractiveness in infant faces is not the same as that in adult faces. Therefore, it is necessary to summarize the evidence on the processing of facial attractiveness in each kind of face and compare their underlying mechanisms. In this paper, we first reviewed studies on the cognitive processing of facial attractiveness in adult faces, including attentional and mnemonic processing, and then discussed the underlying mechanisms. Afterward, studies on facial attractiveness in infant faces were reviewed, and the underlying mechanisms were also discussed. Direct comparisons between the two kinds of cognitive processing were subsequently made. The results showed that the mechanisms for the processing of attractiveness in adult faces and infant faces are mainly motivated by the perspectives of mate selection and raising offspring, respectively, in evolutionary psychology. Finally, directions for future research are proposed.

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Sexually selective cognition

Cited by 13 publications

References 43 publications

Is Gaydar Affected by Attitudes Toward Homosexuality? Confidence, Labeling Bias, and Accuracy

Is Gaydar Affected by Attitudes Toward Homosexuality? Confidence, Labeling Bias, and Accuracy

Emotional and feature‐based modulation of the early posterior negativity

Mechanisms for the Cognitive Processing of Attractiveness in Adult and Infant Faces: From the Evolutionary Perspective

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