1. Attractiveness and Reward systems
- Aharon et al. (2001) used fMRI to investigate how attractiveness influences brain activity. They found that when normies viewed attractive faces, their brain's reward circuitry (especially the nucleus accumbens, a region involved in pleasure and reward) became activated. Both men and foids showed increased activity in this area when looking at attractive faces, indicating that attractiveness elicits a rewarding and pleasureable response.
- Reference: Aharon, I., Etcoff, N., Ariely, D., Chabris, C. F., O'Connor, E., & Breiter, H. C. (2001). Beautiful faces have variable reward value: fMRI and behavioral evidence. Neuron, 32(3), 537-551. (https://sci-hub.ru/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11709163/)
2. Gender Differences in Processing Attractiveness
- Kranz and Ishai (2006) conducted a study that looked at how men and foids process faces differently. They found that men tend to have greater activity in reward-related brain regions when viewing attractive foid faces, while women’s responses to chad showed more variability. This suggests that gender differences in neural responses to attractiveness may reflect differences in social and biological motivations ( )
- Reference: Kranz, F., & Ishai, A. (2006). Face perception is modulated by sexual preference. Current Biology, 16(1), 63-68. (https://sci-hub.ru/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16401423/)
3. Unattractiveness and Brain Responses
- Winston et al. (2007) used fMRI to explore how the brain responds to both attractive and unattractive faces. They found that unattractive faces elicited increased activation in the insula, a region of the brain associated with negative emotional responses, such as disgust or discomfort. This suggests that viewing unattractive faces may activate emotional responses linked to aversion or disinterest.
- Reference: Winston, J. S., O'Doherty, J., Kilner, J. M., Perrett, D. I., & Dolan, R. J. (2007). Brain systems for assessing facial attractiveness. Neuropsychologia, 45(1), 195-206. (https://sci-hub.ru/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16828125/)
4. Social Judgments and Objectification
- There is research on objectification, particularly when it comes to the perception of individuals who are dehumanized. A study by Harris and Fiske (2006) found that members of some social groups seem to be dehumanized, at least as indicated by the absence of the typical neural signature for social cognition, as well as the exaggerated amygdala and insula reactions (consistent with disgust) and the disgust ratings they elicit. This conclusion is supported by the relative lack of mPFC activation when participants viewed pictures of low-low social groups.
- Reference: Harris, L. T., & Fiske, S. T. (2006). Dehumanizing the lowest of the low: Neuroimaging responses to extreme out-groups. Psychological Science, 17(10), 847-853. (https://sci-hub.ru/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01793.x)
5. AF/BB in Female Responses
- A bluepilled view of how women process attractiveness comes from studies indicating that women may not simply judge physical appearance but take more contextual factors into account, like status or social signals. Of course by "take situations into context" they mean foids choosing between the betabuxxer vs the non-betabuxxer.
- Reference: Cloutier, J., Heatherton, T. F., Whalen, P. J., & Kelley, W. M. (2008). Are attractive people rewarding? Sex differences in the neural substrates of facial attractiveness. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(6), 941-951. (https://sci-hub.ru/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18211242/)
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