People with “slow” mental activity look more attractive – study
Scientists sent current into people's brains to study beautiful faces. The effect of electricity on the functioning of the frontal lobes of the brain was studied.
It turns out that changes in brain activity in the prefrontal cortex affect how attractive a person is perceived by others.
We found that inhibition of the frontal cortex makes people more attractive, while arousal makes them less attractive.
In other words, people whose frontal cortex was suppressed through brain stimulation were rated by others as more attractive than those whose frontal cortex was stimulated (i.e., neuronal activity in that area was increased).
