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| Title: | Neural processing of facial attractiveness and romantic Love: An overview and suggestions for future empirical studies |
| Authors: | Ueda, Ryuhei    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-5861 (unconfirmed) |
| Author's alias: | 上田, 竜平 |
| Keywords: | romantic love facial attractiveness social decision-making social cognition neuroimaging |
| Issue Date: | 2022 |
| Publisher: | Frontiers Media SA |
| Journal title: | Frontiers in Psychology |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Thesis number: | 896514 |
| Abstract: | Romantic love is universally observed in human communities, and the manner in which a person chooses a long-term romantic partner has been a central question in studies on close relationships. Numerous empirical psychological studies have demonstrated that facial attractiveness greatly impacts initial romantic attraction. This close link was further investigated by neuroimaging studies showing that both viewing attractive faces and having romantic thoughts recruit the reward system. However, it remains unclear how our brains integrate perceived facial attractiveness into initial romantic attraction. In addition, it remains unclear how our brains shape a persistent attraction to a particular person through interactions; this persistent attraction is hypothesized to contribute to a long-term relationship. After reviewing related studies, I introduce methodologies that could help address these questions. |
| Rights: | © 2022 Ueda. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2433/275520 |
| DOI(Published Version): | 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.896514 |
| PubMed ID: | 35774950 |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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