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Judgments of mathematical beauty are resistant to revision through external opinion

Haoxuan Zhang1, Semir Zeki1

  • 1Laboratory of Neurobiology, Division of Cell & Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK.

Psych Journal
|May 1, 2022
PubMed

Keywords:
aesthetic judgmentsbiological beautymathematical beautyneuroaesthetics

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