吸引力
容貌吸引力
面子(社会学概念)
生物
功能(生物学)
社会心理学
心理学
社会学
进化生物学
精神分析
社会科学
作者
Summer Mengelkoch,Jeffrey Gassen,Marjorie L. Prokosch,Gary W. Boehm,Sarah E. Hill
标识
DOI:10.1098/rspb.2021.2476
摘要
It has long been hypothesized that attractiveness provides a cue to a target's health and immunocompetence. However, much of the research testing this hypothesis has relied on a small number of indirect proxies of immune function, and the results of this research have been mixed. Here, we build on this past research, examining the relationship between target attractiveness and (i) self-reported health, (ii) in vivo measures of inflammation and white blood cell count/composition, and (iii) in vitro tests of targets' immune function, including (c1) leucocyte proliferation in response to immunological stimulants, (c2) phagocytosis of Escherichia coli bioparticles, (c3) NK cell-mediated lysis of target tumour cells, and (c4) Staphylococcus aureus growth in isolated plasma. Results revealed multiple, sometimes sex-differentiated, relationships between targets' immune function and others' perceptions of their attractiveness. Together, this work suggests complex, often sex-differentiated relationships between immune function, health, and attractiveness.
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