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Toronto psychologist studies how the brain responds to beauty

Toronto psychologist studies how the brain responds to beauty | Science News | Scoop.it
He hopes to apply the emerging field of neuroaesthetics to applications in building and design...
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How Men’s Minds Reveal the Wisdom of Women’s Bodies | Psychology Today

How Men’s Minds Reveal the Wisdom of Women’s Bodies | Psychology Today | Science News | Scoop.it

Evidence from all over the world suggests that men strongly prefer women who have a lot of body fat (roughly 30 percent of their body weight) and whose body fat is distributed in a particular way, with very little in the waist but much more in the hips, buttocks and thighs, producing a small waist-hip ratio. Why have men evolved to prefer such high levels of fat--more than bears settling down to hibernate or whales swimming in frigid waters? And even if it could be explained how more fat makes a better mom, why would it matter where she stored it; what is the message contained in a low waist-hip ratio? So this male preference actually consists of two nested psychological puzzles.

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