Nej, det verkar inte gå att låta bli att distraheras av ett vackert ansikte. Detta enligt studien ”Can Beauty Be Ignored? Effects of Facial Attractiveness on Covert Attention”, publicerad i Psychonomic Bulletin & Review:

The effect of facial attractiveness on covert attention was investigated in a spatial cuing task. Participants were asked to judge the orientation of a cued target presented to the left or right visual field while ignoring a task-irrelevant face image flashed in the opposite field. The presentation of attractive faces significantly lengthened task performance. The results suggest that facial beauty automatically competes with an ongoing cognitive task for spatial attention.

Kanske inte undra på att vackra politiker når större framgångar i val. Vad än väljarna sysslar med har de, som det verkar, svårt att värja sig från dessa kandidaters skönhet.