Swiping right: face perception in the age of Tinder.
Level 5 - mechanism / opinion, no new human data
Narrative review and theoretical hypothesis formulation without new empirical data or systematic review methodology.
PubMed 31872122 · doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02949
What was done
This paper presents a narrative review and theoretical synthesis integrating research on first impressions from faces, moral character perception, creepiness, the uncanny valley, and biological market theory to formulate hypotheses about swiping decisions on Tinder.
What was found
The abstract reports no empirical numbers or quantitative findings. It presents the conceptual argument that perceived moral character, in addition to physical attractiveness, is a plausible dimension influencing user swiping decisions and post-match behavior on mobile dating platforms.
Why it matters
It expands conceptual models of mobile dating decision-making beyond physical attractiveness by highlighting the potential role of rapid moral character appraisals in digital first impressions.
Limits
The work is a non-systematic narrative review and theoretical proposal that does not test its hypotheses with new empirical data. The abstract reports no search methodology, inclusion criteria, or quantitative results.
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- context On dating apps, women swipe right (yes) on approximately 5% of male profiles, whereas men swipe right on approximately 50% of profiles.