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perception
Individuals appear more attractive when surrounded by a group.
The cheerleader effect is a perceptual bias where a person is rated as slightly more attractive in a group than in isolation, as described by Walker and Vul in 2013.
The publication year was 2013, and the measured increase in attractiveness is 1.5–2.0%.
Your brain is mathematically smoothing out your individual traits.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Walker and Vul, 2014
- What the check found
- The core effect is established, but the date is wrong and the effect size is marginal, not transformative.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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