Useful Science

http://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/10 This week we learn about attractive male faces, sex frequency, and organic, grass fed, hormone free, non-gmo beef. Follow us @usefulsci or email us at podcast@usefulscience.org. Show Notes Listener feedback on Episode 8 math anxiety study: Does Rejection Hurt? An fMRI study of social exclusion, Eisenberger et al. Social rejection shares somatosensory representations with physical pain, Kross et al. The happiest couples have sex about once per week, and having sex more frequently is not associated with greater happiness. Women are not attracted to male faces morphed to increase their Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy characteristics (which correlate to how masculine a face looks). PDF with morphed photos Facing a psychopath: Detecting the dark triad from emotionally-neutral faces, using prototypes from the Personality Faceaurus Machiavelli (Google Image Search) Machiavelli statue Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)