Attractiveness
Attractiveness or attraction is a quality that causes an interest or desire in something or someone.[1] The term attraction may also refer to the object of the attraction itself, as in tourist attraction.
Visual attractiveness
Visual attractiveness or visual appeal is attraction produced primarily by visual stimuli.
Physical attractiveness
Main article: Physical attractiveness
Physical attractiveness is the perception of the physical traits of an individual human person as pleasing or beautiful. It can include various implications, such as sexual attractiveness, cuteness, similarity and physique. Judgment of attractiveness of physical traits is partly universal to all human cultures, partly dependent on culture or society or time period, partly biological, and partly subjective and individual.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Ortony, Andrew; Gerald L. Clore; Allan Collins (1990). The Cognitive Structure of Emotions. Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 0-521-38664-0.
- ↑ Hönekopp, Johannes (2006). "Once more: Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Relative contributions of private and shared taste to judgments of facial attractiveness" (PDF). APA. Retrieved July 2010. Check date values in:
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Sources
- Ortony, Andrew; Gerald L. Clore; Allan Collins (1990). The Cognitive Structure of Emotions. Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 0-521-38664-0.
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