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Digital illustration of the human head and brain; different kinds of waveforms produced by brain activity shown on background

Beauty Is in the Brain of the Beholder

Source: LiveScience

Studies show that beauty exists as an abstract concept in the brain which implies it is a perception rather than a reality.

This entry was posted in Perception and Reality and tagged Culture & Society, Health & Medicine, Opinion, Science & Nature, Technology on July 1, 2015 by Hilary Woods.

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