Is beauty found in the whites of the eyes? 'Red eyes' associated with the sad and unattractive

Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 10:30 in Biology & Nature

Beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder, but a new study reveals that the reverse is also true; unattractiveness is in the eye of the beheld. Researchers found that people with bloodshot eyes are considered sadder, unhealthier and less attractive than people whose eye whites are untinted, a cue which is uniquely human.

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