Are mixed-race people perceived as more attractive?
London, April 16 (IANS) People of mixed races are perceived as more attractive compared to others, says a new study. Michael Lewis of Cardiff University’s School of Psychology collected a random sample of 1,205 black, white and mixed-race faces. Each face was then rated for their perceived attractiveness to others. And mixed-race faces, on an average, were perceived as being more attractive. “Previous small-scale studies have suggested that people of mixed race are perceived as being more attractive than non-mixed-race people. This study was an attempt to put this to the wider test,” said Lewis. “There was a small but highly significant effect, with mixed-race faces, on average, being perceived as more attractive,” he said. The study could also have wider implications than just attractiveness. First established by Darwin in 1876, heterosis (or hybrid vigour) is a biological phenomenon that predicts that cross-breeding leads to offspring that are genetically fitter than their parents. A
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