Beauty sleep: experimental study on the perceived health and attractiveness of sleep deprived people by Ashton kaliski

crystalkaliski — 2020-10-07 14:38:27 UTC

Question: How does sleep affect your appearance? Experimental study on the perceived health and attractiveness of sleep deprived people.

crystalkaliski — 2020-10-07 14:39:57 UTC

Experimental Units: 23 healthy, sleep deprived adults (age 18-31) who were photographed and 65 untrained observers (age 18-61) who rated the photographs.

crystalkaliski — 2020-10-07 14:40:57 UTC

Selection Method: Participants were photographed after a normal night’s sleep (eight hours) and after sleep deprivation (31 hours of wakefulness after a night of reduced sleep). The photographs were presented in a randomised order and rated by untrained observers.

crystalkaliski — 2020-10-07 14:41:11 UTC

Replication: Difference in observer ratings of perceived health, attractiveness, and tiredness between sleep deprived and well rested participants using a visual analogue scale (100 mm).

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Explanatory Variable: Experimenting with 23 healthy people.

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Response : Results after observing health to deprived sleeping adults.

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Control Group : 23 healthy, sleep deprived adults (age 18-31) and 65 untrained observers (age 18-61)

crystalkaliski — 2020-10-07 14:42:08 UTC

Results: Sleep deprived people were rated as less healthy mean 63 (SE 2) v 68 (SE 2), P<0.001), more tired (53 (SE 3) v 44 (SE 3), P<0.001), and less attractive (38 (SE 2) v 40 (SE 2), P<0.001) than after a normal night’s sleep. The decrease in rated health was associated with ratings of increased tiredness and decreased attractiveness.

crystalkaliski — 2020-10-07 14:42:26 UTC

Randomized/Lurking Variables: Our findings show that sleep deprived people appear less healthy, less attractive, and more tired compared with when they are well rested. This suggests that humans are sensitive to sleep related facial cues, with potential implications for social and clinical judgments and behaviour. Studies are warranted for understanding how these effects may affect clinical decision making and can add knowledge with direct implications in a medical context.

crystalkaliski — 2020-10-07 14:42:41 UTC

Statistical analyses: Data were analysed using multilevel mixed effects linear regression, with two crossed independent random effects accounting for random variation between observers and participants using the xtmixed procedure in Stata 9.2. We present the effect of condition as a percentage of change from the baseline condition as the reference using the absolute value in millimetres.

crystalkaliski — 2020-10-07 14:42:54 UTC

Sample size: Using an experimental design we photographed the faces of 23 adults (mean age 23, range 18-31 years, 11 women) between 14.00 and 15.00 under two conditions in a balanced design: after a normal night’s sleep (at least eight hours of sleep between 23.00-07.00 and seven hours of wakefulness) and after sleep deprivation (sleep 02.00-07.00 and 31 hours of wakefulness).

crystalkaliski — 2020-10-07 14:46:08 UTC

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crystalkaliski — 2020-10-07 14:50:00 UTC