2 Quotes & Sayings By Youka Nitta
Youka Nitta was born in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in Psychology. After graduating, she joined the research group of Tadasu Yamagishi at Keio University, focusing on social neuroscience. There she was able to test the effects of physical attractiveness on people’s ability to make decisions
She received her Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Toronto where she studied the effects of physical attractiveness on people’s behavior. While taking a sabbatical year at Harvard University, she conducted research on how people with different personalities interact with each other.
She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University in 2011. Her studies found that attractive people are more likely to be seen as leaders and that they are also seen as more attractive than less attractive people, regardless of their actual physical attractiveness.
Her current research focuses on how people with different personalities interact with each other and whether this influences how they are treated by others.