Abstract

What's wrong with putting looks first? The popular beautiful men and women who have it all - "good looks, good brains, and good personality."
The latest scientific research reveals the secrets of those who are winning at love and life!

★Are beautiful women and handsome men naturally smart and good at sports?
◎Do people generally assume women with large breasts are less intelligent?
★Are plain-looking pianists rated higher than attractive ones?
◎Can men assess a woman's waist-to-hip ratio in just 1.3 seconds?
★Is there an evolutionary basis for AKB48's "no dating rule"?
◎Are muscular men not necessarily always popular with women?
★A statistical analysis categorizing popular idols by their beauty types!
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Author’s Information

Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters at Hosei University. Completed graduate studies in Psychology at the Graduate School of Humanities, Gakushuin University. Currently in position after serving as a researcher at the National Research Institute of Police Science. Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Specializes in the application of psychology to criminal investigations, including profiling and deception detection. Current research focuses primarily on dating violence, the relationship between dating harassment and romantic behavior, and risk assessment of stalking behavior. Also appears in various media including television and film, providing supervision and expert commentary on popular dramas from the perspectives of criminal and social psychology.