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Jon Maner, an assistant professor of psychology at the Florida State University, has published a paper called "Can't Take My Eyes Off You: Attentional Adhesion to Mates and Rivals," reports Science Daily. Basically, he discovered that heterosexual men and women fixate on highly attractive people within the first half of a second upon seeing them. Maner found that single people stare at members of the opposite sex, but those in committed relationships ogle beautiful people of the same sex (perceived romantic rivals, according to the study). The experiments were set up so that photos flashed in front of participants on a computer screen. Immediately afterward, the participants were required to look at something else on the screen. Using a precise measure of reaction time, Maner found that it took the participants longer to shift their attention away from the photos of the highly attractive people. And here's where things get interesting: More »
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