Donor Lymphocyte Infusion: Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder

Beauty is only partly in the eye of the beholder

The splendid colours and complex patterns of the plumage, eggs, and beaks, feet and other bare parts of birds have captivated humans for millenia and scientists for more than 150 years. In particular, birds have provided a rich basis for mechanistic studies of feather structure and plumage development, predominant through much of the 20th century, and for evolutionary studies of functional aspe...

“Is Beauty Truly in the Eye of the Beholder?” – The Universal Nature of Facial Beauty

ur face allows us to convey our every thought and feeling with those around us in a nearly instantaneous manner. Without our face, we would be stuck in an emotionless and depressing self-existence devoid of a primary vehicle of communication. As social beings, it is in our very nature to share our expressions with the outside world. It is likewise in our nature to subconsciously judge each face...

Age and beauty are in the eye of the beholder.

How "old" and "attractive" an individual appears has increasingly become an individual concern leading to the utilisation of various cosmetic surgical procedures aimed at enhancing appearance. Using eyetracking, in the present study we aimed to investigate how individuals perceive age and attractiveness of younger and older faces and what "bottom-up" facial cues are used in this process. One hu...

Beauty Lies in the Eye of the Beholder

Best practice can be defined as that combination of structure, educational technology and content of a learning opportunity, which, in certain contexts and for particular groups of learners, is most likely to achieve the purposes of the main stakeholders. However, the rate of change of technological, political, economic, social and cultural contexts suggests that best practice may become a redu...