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The Effect of Attractiveness on Recognition Memory when Women Look at Female Faces:

The Effect of Attractiveness on Recognition Memory when Women Look at Female Faces: i-Perception (2011) volume 2, pages 246–246 dx.doi.org/10.1068/ic246 ISSN 2041-6695 The Effect of Attractiveness on Recognition Memory when Women Look at Female Faces Kana Kuraguchi Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University kana-kuraguchi@106.mbox.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp Hiroshi Ashida Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University Abstract. In previous studies, the relationship between facial attractiveness and memory has been inconsistent. We investigated the effect of facial attractiveness on recognition memory in terms of gender and judgment contents. Both female and male facial images were judged for their attractiveness and personal character, and incidental memory was tested later. Recognition performance was shown as d’ and analyzed with 2 (participant’s gender) x 2 (condition of attractiveness) ANOVA. The interaction was significant for female faces but not for male faces. It is, therefore, suggested that the difference of gender affects the recognition memory concerning facial attractiveness. In particular, attractiveness of female faces had different effects for female participants when compared to other combinations. As a control, the interaction for female faces was not significant when the task was to judge the physical features such as the size of eyes and the angle of mouth. In sum, unattractive faces were better recognized than attractive faces in general except for the case when women judged attractiveness of female faces. These results suggest that there may be an effect of attention to attractiveness on recognition memory that is particularly strong when women look at female faces. Copyright © 2011 Kana Kuraguchi, Hiroshi Ashida Published under a Creative Commons Licence http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png i-Perception SAGE

The Effect of Attractiveness on Recognition Memory when Women Look at Female Faces:

Kuraguchi, Kana; Ashida, Hiroshi
i-Perception , Volume 2 (4): 1 – May 1, 2011
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i-Perception (2011) volume 2, pages 246–246 dx.doi.org/10.1068/ic246 ISSN 2041-6695 The Effect of Attractiveness on Recognition Memory when Women Look at Female Faces Kana Kuraguchi Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University kana-kuraguchi@106.mbox.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp Hiroshi Ashida Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University Abstract. In previous studies, the relationship between facial attractiveness and memory has been inconsistent. We investigated the effect of facial attractiveness on recognition memory in terms of gender and judgment contents. Both female and male facial images were judged for their attractiveness and personal character, and incidental memory was tested later. Recognition performance was shown as d’ and analyzed with 2 (participant’s gender) x 2 (condition of attractiveness) ANOVA. The interaction was significant for female faces but not for male faces. It is, therefore, suggested that the difference of gender affects the recognition memory concerning facial attractiveness. In particular, attractiveness of female faces had different effects for female participants when compared to other combinations. As a control, the interaction for female faces was not significant when the task was to judge the physical features such as the size of eyes and the angle of mouth. In sum, unattractive faces were better recognized than attractive faces in general except for the case when women judged attractiveness of female faces. These results suggest that there may be an effect of attention to attractiveness on recognition memory that is particularly strong when women look at female faces. Copyright © 2011 Kana Kuraguchi, Hiroshi Ashida Published under a Creative Commons Licence

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