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Sexual Partner detection

NMF neil.fournier at sympatico.ca
Tue Dec 2 00:57:53 EST 2003


That's an interesting field of research and there are many ways to look at
the question.  Many particular brain regions are implemented when you and I
see something that we would deem "beautiful" or "attractive".  Although we
may both consider various different things as beautiful or attractive the
same brain regions typically show activation. I have include a few
references to a some of my favorite papers that have been published on the
topic.

Senior C. 2003. Beauty in the brain of the beholder.  Neuron. 38(4):525-8.

O'Doherty J, Winston J, Critchley H, Perrett D, Burt DM, Dolan RJ.  2003.
Beauty
     in a smile: the role of medial orbitofrontal cortex in facial
attractiveness.
     Neuropsychologia. 41(2):147-55

Chen AC, German C, Zaidel DW.  1997. Brain asymmetry and facial
attractiveness:
     facial beauty is not simply in the eye of the beholder.
Neuropsychologia. 35
     (4):471-6.

Zaidel DW, Chen AC, German C.  1995. She is not a beauty even when she
smiles:
    possible evolutionary basis for a relationship between facial
attractiveness and
    hemispheric specialization. Neuropsychologia. 33(5):649-55.


"Michael S." <m.sabino at comcast.net> wrote in message
news:_lWxb.250297$275.923983 at attbi_s53...
> Hello,
>
> I'm an high school student that's interested in neurology.
> Are there specific portions of the brain that are responsible for
detecting
> different desirable traits in those of the opposite gender? Are different
> portions of the brain active when shown a nice ass than when shown big
> boobs?
> How is the visual association area wired to such primitive regions deep
> within the brain? Is the way that these very primitive regions interpret
> visual data different between species?
> Can you provide any mathematical models for determining desireable traits?
> (the golden ratio is the most well-known)...
> Thanks for your time.
>
> -- Michael Sabino
>
>





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