ArticleQuarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)2022
In the hands of the beholder: Wearing a COVID-19 mask is associated with its attractiveness.
Article in Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Unveiling the "Less is More" paradox: How experience and cognitive filling drive attractiveness in occluded faces.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2025Article
- Unveiling why race does not affect the mask effect on attractiveness: but gender and expression do.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2024Article
- Habitual Mask Wearing as Part of COVID-19 Control in Japan: An Assessment Using the Self-Report Habit Index.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Does wearing facial masks increase perceived facial attractiveness? An eye-tracking experiment.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The Attractiveness of Masked Faces Is Influenced by Race and Mask Attitudes.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Protective facial masks reduce the spread of COVID-19 infection and save lives. Yet a substantial number of people have been resistant to wearing them. Considerable effort has been invested in convincing people to put on a mask, if not for their own sake than for those more vulnerable. Social and cognitive psychologists know that use and liking go both ways: people use what they like, and they like what they use. Here we asked whether positive attitudes towards facial masks were higher in those who had been wearing them longer. We asked participants in a diverse sample (
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