How your brain decides what is beautiful @TEDMED

TEDMED | How your brain decides what is beautiful @TEDMED | Uploaded August 2017 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Cognitive neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee's research in neuroaesthetics is unraveling the intricate concept of human beauty. In his 2016 TEDMED Talk, Anjan draws on tools of neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and art to explain what makes someone aesthetically beautiful and why we're drawn to beautiful people.

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