Ugly bystanders boost beauty: Study finds background faces shape personality judgments
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A new study in Current Psychology finds that people judge faces more positively when they appear next to less attractive ones. Brain activity data shows that emotion plays a key role in these social perceptions—even when we're not fully aware of it.
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Original Title: Ugly bystanders boost beauty: The study found that even moderately attractive faces were judged more favorably when paired with less attractive ones, a phenomenon linked to emotional brain responses measured through electrical activity.