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Do You Get Better Looking Every Day?
WEBMD ^ | April 28, 2006 | Jennifer Warner

Posted on 05/08/2006 5:31:33 PM PDT by buckeyesrule

April 28, 2006 -- The next time you look in the mirror and wonder, "Is it just me, or am I just so much better looking than I was yesterday?" -- don't worry. It is just you, but you're not alone.

A new study shows people may actually perceive themselves as growing more attractive over time.

Researchers found that a group of female undergraduate students perceived themselves as more attractive than they were a few months ago, while another group believed they'd be even more attractive in five years' time.

Good Looks Get Better With Age

The results of the study, scheduled for publication in a future issue of the Journal of European Social Psychology, suggest that people may be motivated to appraise their past selves in a way that allows them to be positive about their current selves.

In regard to physical attractiveness, researchers say people can feel good about their current self by downgrading their past self and enhancing their future self.

In the first experiment, researchers asked 20 female undergraduates to rate how attractive they were now compared to their peers -- as opposed to their attractiveness at the beginning of the academic year.

Gazing Into the Future

Overall, the study showed that the women perceived themselves as more attractive now than in the past, especially if attractiveness was an important part of how they viewed themselves.

In the second experiment, researchers asked another group of 25 female undergraduates to rate their attractiveness now to how attractive they thought they would be in five years' time.

The results showed participants rated their future self more attractive than their current self, suggesting that there's always room for improvement when it comes to good looks.

SOURCES: Haddock, G. European Journal of Social Psychology, April 24, 2006. News release, John Wiley & Sons.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: attractive; beergoggles; women
Mac Davis alert. LOL!
1 posted on 05/08/2006 5:31:35 PM PDT by buckeyesrule
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To: buckeyesrule

Yes, but my eyesight is failing.


2 posted on 05/08/2006 5:32:37 PM PDT by colorcountry (He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.)
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To: buckeyesrule

It's true, my beer gut is getting rounder and more beautiful by the day.


3 posted on 05/08/2006 5:34:03 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: buckeyesrule

Yes


4 posted on 05/08/2006 5:34:17 PM PDT by apackof2 (That Girl is a Cowboy)
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To: buckeyesrule

No, I just find it harder to be humble as time passes....


5 posted on 05/08/2006 5:34:34 PM PDT by EGPWS
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Do You Get Better Looking Every Day?

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Hell yes.

I was much uglier last week.

6 posted on 05/08/2006 5:35:03 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: buckeyesrule
A new study shows people may actually perceive themselves as growing more attractive over time.

You are what others think you are.

7 posted on 05/08/2006 5:36:21 PM PDT by EGPWS
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To: buckeyesrule
Mac Davis alert. LOL!

Here you go!

8 posted on 05/08/2006 5:37:04 PM PDT by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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To: buckeyesrule
I'm too sexy for my love
Too sexy for my love
Love's going to leave me

I'm too sexy for my shirt
Too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts

And I'm too sexy for Mylan
Too sexy for Mylan, New York and Japan

And I'm too sexy for your body
Too sexy for you body
The way I'm disco dancing

I'm a model, you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
On the catwalk, on the catwalk, yeah
And I do my little turn on the catwalk

I'm too sexy for my car
Too sexy for my car
Too sexy by far

And I'm too sexy for my hat
Too sexy for my hat
Whatcha think about that?

And I'm a model, you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah,on the catwalk, on the catwalk, yeah
And I shake my little tush on the catwalk
(repeat)

I'm too sexy for my cat
Too sexy for my cat
Poor pussy, poor pussy cat

And I'm too sexy for my love
Too sexy for my love
Love's going to leave me

And I'm too sexy for this song.

I'm too sexy for this stupid FR screen name.

9 posted on 05/08/2006 5:37:05 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: martin_fierro

You! Go to your room and don't come out until we call you.


10 posted on 05/08/2006 5:40:37 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Self appointed RNC Press Secretary for Smarmy Sound Bites.)
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To: buckeyesrule

I look the best after I've been drinking.


11 posted on 05/08/2006 5:42:17 PM PDT by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: buckeyesrule

I may balding and 300 pounds, but when I look in the mirror, I'm still the muscle jock that I was at age 18.


12 posted on 05/08/2006 5:58:31 PM PDT by Commander8 (Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? Galatians 4:16)
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To: buckeyesrule

13 posted on 05/08/2006 6:17:27 PM PDT by jdm
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Amusing article. I think another search-keyword for this is "delusional"!


14 posted on 05/08/2006 6:47:47 PM PDT by hypocritter
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