Attractive Allure: Social Congregation Among the Aesthetically Gifted

When individuals with diverse levels of physical attractiveness are brought together in a shared space, there is a tendency for those with the highest level of attractiveness to gravitate towards one another and form exclusive social groups. Interestingly, this phenomenon, often referred to as “assortative mating,” has been observed in various species and is not […]

The spotlight effect is a phenomenon…

The spotlight effect is a phenomenon in which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are. It comes from the innate tendency to forget that although one is the center of one’s own world, one is not the center of everyone else’s.