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Comment author: [deleted] 18 April 2012 11:36:25PM *  9 points [-]

Were those pictures seriously used in a psychological study? It strikes me as obvious that the 'pride' images would stand out for having much more implied animation. Though I could see attractiveness swinging both ways depending on viewer personality.

Edit: These seem to have been used in the actual study (via). Maybe that really is just an example?

Comment author: wedrifid 18 April 2012 11:40:06PM 5 points [-]

Were those pictures seriously used in a psychological study?

Yes, these images were even included in the published pdf of it. It would be useful to be able to see the other images that they used. Perhaps this image is an exception to the norm and the author included it rather than the most representative one because he got a crush on cute-pride-chick during the editing process.