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Theoldsayingofneverforgettingaprettyfacemightbeuntrueaspsychologistsbelievebeautifulpeoplearelesslikelytoberecognized.Anewstudysuggeststhatattractivenesscanactuallypreventtherecognitionoffaces,unlessaprettyfaceisparticularlydistinctive.
Germanpsychologiststhinktherecognitionofprettyfacesisdistorted(扭曲)byemotions.ScientistsattheUniversityofJena,Germany,discoveredthatphotosofunattractivepeopleweremoreeasilyrememberedthanprettyoneswhentheyshowedthemtoagroupofpeople.ResearchersHolgerWiese,CarolinAltmannandStefanSchweinbergerfromtheuniversity,wroteintheirstudy:"Wecouldshowthatthetestsubjectsweremorelikelytorememberunattractivefacesthanattractiveones,whenthelatterdidn'thaveanyparticularlynoticeabletraits."
Forthestudy,whichwaspublishedinsciencemagazineNeuropsychologia,thepsychologistsshowedphotosoffacestotestsubjects.Halfofthefaceswereconsideredtobemoreattractiveandtheotherhalfaslessattractive,butallofthemwerebeingthoughtofassimilarlydistinctivelooking.Thetestsubjectswereshownthefacesforjustafewsecondstomemorizethemandwereshownthemagainduringthetestsothattheycoulddecideiftheyrecognizedthemornot.
Thescientistsweresurprisedbytheresult."Untilnowweassumedthatitwasgenerallyeasiertomemorizefaceswhicharebeingperceivedasattractive,justbecausewepreferlookingatbeautifulfaces,"Dr.Wiesesaid.Butthestudyshowedthatsuchaconnectioncannotbeeasilysustained.Heassumesthatrememberingprettyfacesisdistortedbyemotionalinfluences,whichenhancethesenseofrecognitionatalatertime.Theresearchers'ideaisbackedupbyevidencefromEEG-recordings(脑电图记录)whichshowthebrain'selectricactivity,whichthescientistsusedduringtheirexperiment.
Thestudyalsorevealedthatinthecaseofattractivefaces,considerablymorefalsepositiveresultsweredetected.Inotherwords,peoplethoughttheyrecognizedafacewithouthavingseenitbefore."Weobviouslytendtobelievethatwerecognizeafacejustbecausewefinditattractive."Dr.Wiesesaid.
Whatcanbeinferredfromthenewstudy? A.Beautifulpeopleareparticularlydistinctive.
B.Peoplearereluctanttorecognizeuglyfaces.
C.Attractivefacesarealwayseasytoberecognized.
D.Attractivenesssometimespreventstherecognitionoffaces.
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