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TED: How the brain determines what we see as beautiful

Posted by / August 22, 2017

No matter what the glossy magazines and fashion blogs tell us about beauty, it’s clear looking at couples across the globe that once size doesn’t fit all when it comes to being attractive to another person.

What does determine what we see as beautiful, then?

Anjan Chatterjee reviews what cognitive neuroscience and psychology tell us about attractiveness and how what appeals to us is often a signal of other characteristics.

Full story at TED.

The science of beauty.

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