What monkeys might teach us about evaluating presidential candidates

Does a candidate’s appearance affect how we vote? There’s growing evidence that suggests the answer may be yes. In a recent study published on the preprint server bioRxiv, neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Portugal had monkeys look at pictures of political candidates from past U.S. races.

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