id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6760 Physical attractiveness - Wikipedia .html text/html 23755 3173 68 In many cases, humans subconsciously attribute positive characteristics, such as intelligence and honesty, to physically attractive people.[11] From research done in the United States and United Kingdom, it was found that the association between intelligence and physical attractiveness is stronger among men than among women.[12] Evolutionary psychologists have tried to answer why individuals who are more physically attractive should also, on average, be more intelligent, and have put forward the notion that both general intelligence and physical attractiveness may be indicators of underlying genetic fitness.[12] A person's physical characteristics can signal cues to fertility and health,[13][14] with statistical modeling studies showing that the facial shape variables that reflect aspects of physiological health, including body fat and blood pressure, also influence observers' perceptions of health.[15] Attending to these factors increases reproductive success, furthering the representation of one's genes in the population.[16] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6760.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6760.txt