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The science behind why some couples look like each other

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Psychology expert Dr Karen Wu , associate professor of Psychology at California State University , says science indicates lovers often select partners who look like themselves.

The reasons include psychological phenomena such as in-group bias, implicit egotism, the familiarity effect, sexual imprinting and more.

Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow , Kiera Knightley and James Righton look alike, with the same hooded eyes and brown hair.

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English

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46

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