Measuring beauty and ugliness

10 August 2023

You are kindly invited to take part in an online experiment involving the rating of beauty or ugliness of faces and buildings.

The main objective of this study is to explore the relationship between our perceptions of beauty and ugliness.

If you decide to participate, you will be shown a series of images of faces and buildings and asked to rate beauty or ugliness on a numerical scale.

Requirements

Take part in this study

Keywords

• University College London
• Neuroaesthetics
• Psychology
• Neuroscience
• Aesthetics
• Experiment
• behavior
• Consciousness
• Neurobiology

Ethical approval

This study abides by the guidelines for ethical research set by the UCL Research Ethics Committee.

About the researcher

I am an MSc Neuroscience student at University College London. My primary research interest is the relationship between cognitive functions of the brain and first-person conscious experience.

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