http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/comment-page-1/#comment-46548 The scientific basis for red being the color of love | Free Article Database!- Free Updating! Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:10:00 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/#comment-46548 [...] The Beauty Brains, as part of their series of posts leading up to Valentine’s Day, discuss the possibility of a scientific reason behind the color red as the symbol of love. According to an article in NewScientist, our ability to see colors may have evolved to help us spot emotional cues, such as blushing in the context of mating. Prior research had suggested that humans developed the acute ability to see colors in order to identify ripe fruit and edible leaves, but a new study now points to our need/desire to access a potential mate’s emotions as the driving force behind this trait. [...] [...] The Beauty Brains, as part of their series of posts leading up to Valentine’s Day, discuss the possibility of a scientific reason behind the color red as the symbol of love. According to an article in NewScientist, our ability to see colors may have evolved to help us spot emotional cues, such as blushing in the context of mating. Prior research had suggested that humans developed the acute ability to see colors in order to identify ripe fruit and edible leaves, but a new study now points to our need/desire to access a potential mate’s emotions as the driving force behind this trait. [...]

]]> http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/comment-page-1/#comment-24338 thebeautybrains Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:13:41 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/#comment-24338 Thanks. We're gonna have to scold that MidBrain. Interns... Thanks. We’re gonna have to scold that MidBrain. Interns…

]]> http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/comment-page-1/#comment-24285 isah Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:15:24 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/#comment-24285 The past tense form of "lead" is "led." The past tense form of “lead” is “led.”

]]> http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/comment-page-1/#comment-24229 becca Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:30:56 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/#comment-24229 Lucia, I agree, that's complete crap. Why in heck would early humans need to blush? What, were they embarrassed for being naked all the time? And how well can you really see the blush on even a slightly hairy face? And exposed skin in primates is generally highly pigmented, so even harder to see blushing. Lucia, I agree, that’s complete crap. Why in heck would early humans need to blush? What, were they embarrassed for being naked all the time? And how well can you really see the blush on even a slightly hairy face? And exposed skin in primates is generally highly pigmented, so even harder to see blushing.

]]> http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/comment-page-1/#comment-24210 Lucia Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:33:37 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/02/10/the-startling-scientific-secret-of-blush/#comment-24210 Oh please!! the correlation doesn't prove cause. This is a total stretch of scientific results. I bet there are other things that emit at the 540 and 560 range. Do chimps blush? they have color vision too, that means this capacity evolved long before we didn't have hair in our face. Oh please!! the correlation doesn’t prove cause. This is a total stretch of scientific results. I bet there are other things that emit at the 540 and 560 range. Do chimps blush? they have color vision too, that means this capacity evolved long before we didn’t have hair in our face.

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