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Why Some Old Lovers Look Alike
Forget about opposites attracting. We like people who look like us, because they tend to have personalities similar to our own.
And, a new study suggests, the longer we are with someone, the more similarities in appearance grow.
Researchers set out to investigate why couples often tend to resemble one another. They asked 11 male and 11 female participants to judge the age, attractiveness and personality traits of 160 real-life married couples. Photographs of husbands and wives were viewed separately, so the participants didn't know who was married to whom.
The test participants rated men and woman who were actual couples as looking alike and having similar personalities. Also, the longer the couples had been together, the greater the perceived similarities.
More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060214/sc_space/whysomeoldloverslookalike
Forget about opposites attracting. We like people who look like us, because they tend to have personalities similar to our own.
And, a new study suggests, the longer we are with someone, the more similarities in appearance grow.
Researchers set out to investigate why couples often tend to resemble one another. They asked 11 male and 11 female participants to judge the age, attractiveness and personality traits of 160 real-life married couples. Photographs of husbands and wives were viewed separately, so the participants didn't know who was married to whom.
The test participants rated men and woman who were actual couples as looking alike and having similar personalities. Also, the longer the couples had been together, the greater the perceived similarities.
More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060214/sc_space/whysomeoldloverslookalike