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Reward value of attractiveness and gaze

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Kampe, Knut K. W., Frith, Chris D., Dolan, Raymond J., Frith, Uta·2001·Nature

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Faces are visual objects in our environment that provide strong social cues, with the eyes assuming particular importance. Here we show that the perceived attractiveness of an unfamiliar face increases brain activity in the ventral striatum of the viewer when meeting the person's eye, and decreases activity when eye gaze is directed away. Depending on the direction of gaze, attractiveness can thus activate dopaminergic regions that are strongly linked to reward prediction, indicating that central reward systems may be engaged during the initiation of social interactions.

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Authors: Kampe, K. K. W., Frith, C. D., Dolan, R. J., & Frith, U.
Affiliations: University College London (GB)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
Corresponding author: Kampe, Knut K. W.
ORCID: Frith, Chris D.
Dolan, Raymond J.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2001-10-11
Volume: 413
Issue: 6856
Pages: 589-589
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/35098149
OpenAlex: W2079332441
Cited by: 475
References: 6
Citations by year: 2026: 9 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 32 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 30 · 2012: 28
FWCI: 17.49
Type: journal article
Language: en
Update notices: correction (2002-04-11)
Open access: bronze
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Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords: facial attractiveness, gaze, ventral striatum, reward prediction, dopaminergic system, social interaction, face perception, social cues
MeSH terms: Basal Ganglia, Beauty, Dopamine, Eye, Face, Female, Fixation, Ocular, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Reward, Sex Characteristics

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