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Beauty
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Definition of 'Beauty'Characteristics or attributes of persons or things which elicit pleasurable feelings. Common names: Beauty |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
30 Jul 2009 
The current study tests cognitive-behavioral models of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) by examining the relationship between cognitive biases and correlates of mirror gazing. To provide a more comprehensive picture, we investigated both relatively ... Read more...
29 Jun 2009 Previous studies have documented moderate-to-large associations between ratings of physical attractiveness and other interpersonal traits, but this research has invariably relied on within-subjects designs that leave open the possibility of halo ... Read more...
29 Jun 2009 Many techniques have been described for umbilicoplasty after abdominoplasty, but none of these techniques seems ideal. In this report, we wish to report a new "scarless" umbilicoplasty technique, which bears many of the characteristics of an ideal ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Beauty'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Pornographic actresses are a poor choice for assessing what men optimally prefer in women's looks: Comments on Voracek and Fisher (2006).
30 Jul 2009 - Automatic and strategic measures as predictors of mirror gazing among individuals with body dysmorphic disorder symptoms. 30 Jul 2009
- Men's ratings of physical attractiveness, health, and partner suitability simultaneously versus separately: Does it matter whether within- or between-subjects designs are used? 29 Jun 2009
- "Scarless" umbilicoplasty: a new umbilicoplasty technique and a review of the English language literature. 29 Jun 2009
- Intrasexual vigilance: the implicit cognition of romantic rivalry. 29 Jun 2009
- Older women and suntanning: the negotiation of health and appearance risks. 6 Jun 2009
- Differences in perceptions of beauty and cosmetic procedures performed in ethnic patients. 30 May 2009
- Hair care practices in African-American patients. 30 May 2009
- Limitations of traditional morphometrics in research on the attractiveness of faces. 30 May 2009
- Perceptual adaptation to facial asymmetries. 30 May 2009
- Using revealed mate preferences to evaluate market force and differential preference explanations for mate selection. 30 May 2009
- Unspoken cultural influence: exposure to and influence of nonverbal bias. 30 May 2009
- What leads to romantic attraction: similarity, reciprocity, security, or beauty? Evidence from a speed-dating study. 16 May 2009
- Preference for attractiveness and thinness in a partner: influence of internalization of the thin ideal and shape/weight dissatisfaction in heterosexual women, heterosexual men, lesbians, and gay men. 11 May 2009
- Barely legal: is attraction and estimated age of young female faces disrupted by alcohol use, make up, and the sex of the observer? 29 Apr 2009
- Men's preferences for women's profile waist-to-hip ratio, breast size, and ethnic group in Britain and South Africa. 29 Apr 2009
- Does it pay to be smart, attractive, or confident (or all three)? Relationships among general mental ability, physical attractiveness, core self-evaluations, and income. 29 Apr 2009
- Effects of sex, status, and mating cues on expected aggressive responses. 29 Apr 2009
- Comparison of Chinese and US orthodontists' averaged evaluations of "facial attractiveness" from end-of-treatment facial photographs. 29 Apr 2009
- Evaluating beauty care provided by the hospital to women suffering from breast cancer: qualitative aspects.
26 Apr 2009
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Technical information about 'Beauty'
Definition: Characteristics or attributes of persons or things which elicit pleasurable feelings.
Descriptor UI: D001504
Alternative terms: Beauty;
Tree Number: F02.463.785.477.304; K01.752.210.304;
Online Note: search ESTHETICS 1966-74
History Note: 91(75)63; was see under ESTHETICS 1967-90; was heading 1963-66
Technical Notes: no qualif