there is a relationship between tourism motivation and destination choice, acquiring knowledge about this is so important in predicting the future patterns of tourists’ behaviour. the main purpose of this study is to analyse the motivational factors influencing european tourists’ decision making process to choose iran. a sample of 404 tourists were studied, the data were analysed using factor a...

This study was designed to focus on the effect of relationship status on perceived attractiveness. In order to study this effect, facial images, including the area of the models above the neckline, were rated on several factors, including attractiveness, by participants on a Likert scale from one to six. The study presented participants with the images and a short vignette containing relationsh...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in personnel selection to automate decision-making. Initial evidence points negative effects of automating these procedures on applicant experiences. However, the effect prospect automated job-seekers’ pre-process perceptions (e.g., organizational attractiveness) and intentions (to apply for advertised job) still unclear. We conducted three expe...

The purpose of the present study is to explore the fixed model for the explicit judgments of attractiveness and infer which features are important to judge the facial attractiveness. Behavioral studies on the perceptual cues for female facial attractiveness implied three potentially important features: averageness, symmetry, and sexual dimorphy. However, these studies did not explained which re...

Attractiveness is a facial attribute that shapes human affiliative behaviours. In a previous study we reported a linear response to facial attractiveness in orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a region involved in reward processing. There are strong theoretical grounds for the hypothesis that coding stimulus reward value also involves the amygdala. The aim of the present investigation is to address whe...

BACKGROUND The uptake of evidence in practice by physicians, even if they are trained in the systematic method of evidence-based medicine (EBM), remains difficult to improve. The aim of this study was to explore perceptions and experiences of physicians doing disability evaluations regarding motivators and preconditions for the implementation of EBM in daily practice. METHODS This qualitative...

The visions are changing as well; for example, attractiveness and excitement factors bring user experience design and marketing to the forefront of competitive advantage that have rarely been considered in RE research. In the financial crisis, we have once again learned how important costs are but we still poorly understand the costing and the financial impacts of complex projects. Systems that...

Although creativity is attractive in a potential mate, it is unclear (i) whether the effects of creativity on attractiveness generalize to other social contexts and (ii) whether creativity has equivalent effects on men's and women's attractiveness. As social knowledge of creativity may either enhance or 'offset' the appeal of social partners who differ in physical attractiveness, three repeated...