They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder… Is it? It seems that it is already scientifically proven.
This issue has been a topic of debate for scientists for a long time. Although some research suggests that there is a preference for certain physical traits, such as height or muscular build, that may be encoded in our genes, according to a new study, this is not the case. it is our individual life experiences that lead us to find one face more attractive than another.
To resolve the debate between nature and nurture in the taste for beauty, researchers from Test My Brain they asked 547 pairs of identical twins and 214 pairs of same-sex twins who saw 200 faces and rated them on a scale of one to seven, with one being the least attractive and seven being the most attractive. A group of 660 non-twin siblings completed the same survey.
If genes were more involved in face preference, identical twins would have had similar scores; if the influence of a family environment carried more weight, fraternal twins (fraternal twins) would also have responded in a similar way. Nevertheless, the scores of most of the twins were very different from each othersuggesting that something else was at play.
The researchers suspect that it is the life experiences of each individual that guide our opinions about beauty. The results have been recently published in the journal Current Biology. The investigation is ongoing, anyone can participate.
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This research proves what we have always thought: beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What do you think? Tell us what you think in the comments of this note.