On: Why Advertising Works, Even When You Think It Does...

[vilhelm_s]

Apparently, seeing an attractive person look at an object automatically makes you like it more [http://meteuphoric.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/subconscious-sta...]. I guess this is part of the reason ads tend to feature good-looking people.

This makes me want to avoid looking at ads as much as possible -- we are vulnerable to manipulation in ways which are completely impossible to defend against.