On this page you will find links to online press articles covering the work of our lab and collaborators.
Recent Media Video and Audio
2026: A BBC podcast, Curious Cases, in which Tony Little talks about infant schema and cute faces
2025: Facebook video that references some of our work on mate choice copying.
2025: Facebook video that references some of our work on make-up use.
2025: Facebook video that relates to some of our work on mixed-ethnicity preferences.
2024: A TikTok video with millions of views and a press article about it.
2020: BBC radio series "The Ugly Truth" featuring Tony Little discussing the beauty bias.
Example Recent Press Articles
Cosmopolitan (2025): Can the pill change attaction?
Time (2024): The psychology of "ick".
Forbes (2024): Leadership traits we care about.
National Tribune, Australia (2024): Evolution and mating dances.
New York Times (2020): How mens bodies change when they become fathers.
Harvard Buisness Review (2019): Attractiveness is a benefit for work.
Forbes (2019): The attractiveness bias at work.
Scientific American (2019): Trustworthy faces.
Older Press (< 2015)
Science (2015): male dominance affects humour appreciation
BBC (2015): the myth of universal beauty
BBC (2014): how faces drive first impressions
Medical Express (2014): pregnancy and preferences
Indian Express (2013): men's preferences for feminine women
The Vine (2013): men's preferences for feminine women
United Academics (2013): men's preferences for feminine women
Mother Nature Network (2013): disgust changes preferences
Irish Examiner (2013): sunglasses
Medical Daily (2013): femininity and relationship context
Jamaica Observer (2013): men may avoid very attractive wives
Economist (2012): facial symmetry and health in monkeys
Mail Online (2009): beauty is relative
Planet Earth (2009): face and body in attractiveness
Daily Telegraph (2008): symmetry and masculinity across species
LiveScience (2007): menstrual cycle alters preferences
ABC News (2007): politicians' faces
BBC News Site
Social learning and preference
Newspaper Sites
Daily Telegraph (2007): symmetry across cultures
Sunday Times (2006): politicians' faces influence voting
Daily Telegraph: familiarity is attractive
Daily Telegraph: attractiveness affects preferences
Daily Telegraph: beauty is infectious
Daily Telegraph: why cars might have faces
Daily Telegraph (1999): MegaLab 1999
The Scotsman (2004): attraction
The Guardian (2006): jealousy in men
Web Sites
YourTango: face shape & relationship length
ScienceDaily: familiarity in faces
Wellcome Trust: bonding insights
Data Lounge (2013): homosexual preferences
PsychCentral (2013): men's preferences
Business Insider (2013): novelty preferences
Boldsky (2009): why feminine men can be attractive
Nature World News (2013): what men find attractive
Counsel & Heal (2013): facial features & long-term relationships
Comments on Other Studies
Huffington Post (2014): feminine preferences around the world
Science Magazine (2014): feminine preferences around the world
CBS (2011): attractiveness of NFL teams