Arantes Joana, Pinho Margarida, Wearden John, Albuquerque Pedro Barbas
School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
School of Psychology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2021 Apr 6;12:641729. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641729. eCollection 2021.
What happens when we unexpectedly see an attractive potential partner? Previous studies in laboratory settings suggest that the visualization of attractive and unattractive photographs influences the perception of time. The major aim of this research is to study time perception and attraction in a realistic social scenario, by investigating if changes in subjective time measured during a speed dating are associated with attraction. The duration of the dates was variable and participants had to estimate the time that passed. Among other measures, participants also rated the potential partners in terms of their physical attractiveness before and after the dates and reported if they would like to exchange contact with them. Results showed that, in a real speed dating situation, when there is a perception of the partner as being physically more attractive, women tend to overestimate the duration of that meeting, whereas men tend to underestimate its duration. Such changes may reflect evolutionary adaptations which make the human cognitive system more responsive in situations related to reproductive fitness.
当我们意外地遇到一个有吸引力的潜在伴侣时会发生什么？以往在实验室环境中的研究表明，观看有吸引力和无吸引力的照片会影响对时间的感知。本研究的主要目的是通过调查速配过程中测量的主观时间变化是否与吸引力相关，来研究现实社交场景中的时间感知和吸引力。约会的时长是可变的，参与者必须估计过去了多长时间。除了其他测量指标外，参与者还在约会前后对潜在伴侣的外貌吸引力进行评分，并报告他们是否愿意与对方交换联系方式。结果显示，在真实的速配情境中，当感觉伴侣在外貌上更有吸引力时，女性往往会高估那次见面的时长，而男性则往往会低估其时长。这种变化可能反映了进化适应性，使人类认知系统在与生殖适应性相关的情境中更具反应性。
