Name: How your brain decides what is beautiful
Uploaded: 2017-08-08T14:40:37Z
Duration: 14 min 38 s
Description: Anjan Chatterjee uses tools from evolutionary psychology and cognitive neuroscience to study one of nature's most captivating concepts: beauty. Learn more about the science behind why certain configurations of line, color and form excite us in this fascinating, deep look inside your brain.

Anjan Chatterjee uses tools from evolutionary psychology and cognitive neuroscience to study one of nature's most captivating concepts: beauty. Learn more about the science behind why certain configurations of line, color and form excite us in this fascinating, deep look inside your brain.

Anjan Chatterjee: How your brain decides what is beautiful

How your brain decides what is beautiful

Galton's discovery that composite portraits, melding multiple faces, are deemed more attractive hints at beauty's deep evolutionary roots.

Symmetry and hormones shape our perception of attractiveness, underpinning both ancient survival instincts and modern aesthetic judgments.

Exploring beauty's brain-basis reveals our deep-seated biases: symmetry signals health, average features hint at genetic diversity.