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Why Do We Get So Much Pleasure From Symmetry?

HowStuffWorks
Why do we love looking at a perfectly stacked display of soup cans or six flower petals around a stamen? Our brains seem wired for it -- but...
8 months ago

Here’s What Faces Would Look Like If They Were Perfectly Symmetrical

Time Magazine
There's a biological assumption that symmetrical faces are intrinsically more beautiful than ones with uneven features.
125 months ago

Why are we obsessed with symmetrical faces? An investigation

The Guardian
We've all heard that symmetrical faces are more beautiful and believed it without question – but our most compelling traits are imperfect...
32 months ago

The impact of symmetry design of intangible cultural heritage souvenir on tourists’ aesthetic pleasure

Frontiers
Souvenirs play an important role in tourism development. They act not only as mementos, enabling tourists to relive and retain the memory of a particular...
9 months ago

Revisiting the science of attraction: Averageness is key to facial beauty, study finds

PsyPost
A global study on 1550 faces found attractiveness is less about symmetry, more about averageness and distinctiveness. Faces closer to a...
9 months ago

Can face yoga replace botox or fix your facial symmetry woes?

India Today
Popular among celebrities, face yoga can help with wrinkles, puffiness, droopy eyes, and more. But, be careful while doing facial exercises.
8 months ago

The aesthetic preference for symmetry dissociates from early-emerging attention to symmetry

Nature
Symmetry is a basic geometry property that affects people's aesthetic experience in common ways across cultures and historical periods,...
79 months ago

When Did We Become So Obsessed With Being ‘Symmetrical’? (Published 2022)

The New York Times
Mirrors lie. They reverse things. That face you see in the bathroom every morning, in your makeup compact: that is “opposite you” — the...
27 months ago

How I Stopped Spiraling About My Asymmetrical Face

Bustle
You don't have to have a symmetrical face to be beautiful (sorry, Bella Hadid). Here's why one beauty editor decided to stop spiraling about...
20 months ago

On the face of it

The Economist
BEAUTY may be in the eye of the beholder, but a symmetrical face is usually a big help. In contrast, asymmetry is often associated with...
146 months ago