Sexual Attraction
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What draws two people together — and why? Sexual Attraction, co-authored by psychologist Mark Cook of University College, Swansea, and Robert McHenry of Oriel College, Oxford, presents a rigorous and penetrating examination of the psychological, biological, and social forces that govern human romantic and physical attraction. The authors dissect the complex interplay of physical appearance, personality, proximity, and behavioural cues that determine why individuals are drawn to one another, grounding their arguments in empirical research while maintaining an accessibility that speaks to a broad readership. The work argues with compelling authority that attraction is far from a random or mystical phenomenon, instead illustrating it as a patterned, measurable, and deeply human process shaped by evolutionary imperatives and cultural conditioning. Cook and McHenry bring contrasting academic perspectives together to produce a text that is both analytically sharp and surprisingly intimate in its subject matter. For anyone who has ever wondered what truly lies beneath the spark of desire, this volume offers answers that are as illuminating as they are thought-provoking.
Author: Mark Cook & Robert Mchenry
Format: Paperback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What draws two people together — and why? Sexual Attraction, co-authored by psychologist Mark Cook of University College, Swansea, and Robert McHenry of Oriel College, Oxford, presents a rigorous and penetrating examination of the psychological, biological, and social forces that govern human romantic and physical attraction. The authors dissect the complex interplay of physical appearance, personality, proximity, and behavioural cues that determine why individuals are drawn to one another, grounding their arguments in empirical research while maintaining an accessibility that speaks to a broad readership. The work argues with compelling authority that attraction is far from a random or mystical phenomenon, instead illustrating it as a patterned, measurable, and deeply human process shaped by evolutionary imperatives and cultural conditioning. Cook and McHenry bring contrasting academic perspectives together to produce a text that is both analytically sharp and surprisingly intimate in its subject matter. For anyone who has ever wondered what truly lies beneath the spark of desire, this volume offers answers that are as illuminating as they are thought-provoking.