Judgments of mathematical beauty are resistant to revision through external opinion.
aesthetic judgments
biological beauty
mathematical beauty
neuroaesthetics
Journal
PsyCh journal
ISSN: 2046-0260
Titre abrégé: Psych J
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 101598595
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
Historique:
revised:
20
03
2022
received:
08
11
2021
accepted:
24
03
2022
pubmed:
2
5
2022
medline:
12
10
2022
entrez:
1
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We here address the question of the extent to which judgments of mathematical beauty (which we categorize as biological beauty) are resistant to revision through external opinion. A total of 100 mathematicians of different national and ethnic origins were asked to rate 60 mathematical equations for their beauty; after being presented a fictitious "expert rating," they were asked to re-rate the same equations. Results showed that the judgments of mathematical beauty had a high level of resistance to external opinion. This is in line with the resistance to revision of a judgments for other categories of biological beauty.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35491015
doi: 10.1002/pchj.556
pmc: PMC9790661
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
741-747Subventions
Organisme : Leverhulme Trust
ID : RPG-2017-341
Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. PsyCh Journal published by Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
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