Judgments of mathematical beauty are resistant to revision through external opinion

被引：3

作者：

Zhang, Haoxuan ^{[1
]}

Zeki, Semir ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UCL, Neurobiol Lab, Div Cell & Dev Biol, London, England

来源：

PSYCH JOURNAL | 2022年 / 11卷 / 05期

关键词：

aesthetic judgments; biological beauty; neuroaesthetics; mathematical beauty; ENVIRONMENTS;

D O I：

10.1002/pchj.556

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：741 / 747

页数：7

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