Brian Mautz's guest appearances

Brian Mautz

The Psychology of Attractiveness Podcast

Kim Kardashian

Michael Phelps

Georgia O'Keeffe

Ian Stephen

Danielle Sulikowski

Michael Pham

Dasa Fabjan

Carin Perilloux

Matia Okubo

Melissa Fales

Robert Burriss

Konstantin Tskhay

Samantha Leivers

Barnaby Dixson

Melinda Mills

OwlTail

Stay out of the sun! New research suggests that the skin colour change associated with sun tanning isn't as attractive as the effects of eating carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables, like tomatoes, pumpkins, and spinach. Can an attractive personality make you appear more attractive? And we find out why when women see red, women see red.Plus, as a special summer surprise, Hannah Rowland of the Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Podcast interviews Brian Mautz at the ISBE2014 conference about his research on penis size and attractiveness.Download the MP3I was interviewed by Prof. Alice Roberts this month for an episode of BBC Radio 4's Inside Science. Click here and skip to 24.40 to hear me defend Evolutionary Psychology with all my (feeble) might! Rate me! Rate, review, or listen in iTunes or in Stitcher.  Scoff the orange, but scoff it in the shade: new research by Carmen Lefevre shows that the skin colour we get from eating carotenoid rich foods is more attractive than the colour we get from tanning.The articles covered in the show:Mautz, B. S., Wong, B. B. M., Peters, R. A., &amp; Jennions, M. D. (2013). Penis size interacts with body shape and height to influence male attractiveness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(17), 6925-6930. Read summaryLefevre, C. E., &amp; Perrett, D. I. (in press). Fruit over sunbed: Carotenoid skin coloration is found more attractive than melanin coloration. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Read summaryZhang, Y., Kong, F., Zhong, Y., &amp; Kou, H. (2014). Personality manipulations: Do they modulate facial attractiveness ratings? Personality and Individual Differences, 70, 80-84. Read summaryPazda, A. D., Prokop, P., &amp; Elliot, A. J. (in press). Red and romantic rivalry: viewing another woman in red increases perceptions of sexual receptivity, derogration, and intentions to mate-guard. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Read summary

Stay out of the sun! New research suggests that the skin colour change associated with sun tanning isn't as attractive as the effects of eating carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables, like tomatoes, pumpkins, and spinach. Can an attractive personality make you appear more attractive? And we find out why when women see red, women see red.Plus, as a special summer surprise, <a href="http://www.hannahrowland.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hannah Rowland</a> of the <a href="http://www.thebeepcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Podcast</a> interviews <a href="http://brianmautz.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Mautz</a> at the ISBE2014 conference about his research on penis size and attractiveness. <a href="http://archive.org/download/PsychologyOfAttractiveness201408/PAP-2014-08.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download the MP3</a>I was interviewed by Prof. Alice Roberts this month for an episode of BBC Radio 4's Inside Science. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04brrmz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a> and skip to 24.40 to hear me defend Evolutionary Psychology with all my (feeble) might! Rate me! Rate, review, or listen <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=63199&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in Stitcher.</a> Scoff the orange, but scoff it in the shade: new research by Carmen Lefevre shows that the skin colour we get from eating carotenoid rich foods is more attractive than the colour we get from tanning.The articles covered in the show:Mautz, B. S., Wong, B. B. M., Peters, R. A., &amp; Jennions, M. D. (2013). Penis size interacts with body shape and height to influence male attractiveness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(17), 6925-6930. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1219361110 " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read summary</a>Lefevre, C. E., &amp; Perrett, D. I. (in press). Fruit over sunbed: Carotenoid skin coloration is found more attractive than melanin coloration. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.944194" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read summary</a>Zhang, Y., Kong, F., Zhong, Y., &amp; Kou, H. (2014). Personality manipulations: Do they modulate facial attractiveness ratings? Personality and Individual Differences, 70, 80-84. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.033" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read summary</a>Pazda, A. D., Prokop, P., &amp; Elliot, A. J. (in press). Red and romantic rivalry: viewing another woman in red increases perceptions of sexual receptivity, derogration, and intentions to mate-guard. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167214539709" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read summary</a>

Penis size, with Brian Mautz; eat fruit to get a tan. Aug 2014