Researchers have long signalled the dynamic transformation of information society, which has resulted in an increased interest works belonging to sphere non-fiction, including literary reportage, over past few years. This genre, on borderline journalism and literature, returns contem- porary humanity a sense gnoseological certainty. The subject this article is texts “emperor” founder Polish sch...

The aim of this study was to assess the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics using the ‘Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire’ (PIDAQ) and self-rated Aesthetic Component (AC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN), and individual attitude to own teeth and general appearance. The cross sectional study was conducted among the students of Margalla Institute of Healt...

It is well established that aesthetic appreciation is related with activity in several different brain regions. The identification of the neural correlates of beauty or liking ratings has been the focus of most prior studies. Not much attention has been directed towards the fact that humans are surrounded by objects that lead them to experience aesthetic indifference or leave them with a negati...

The annual congress of the Italian Association Plastic Aesthetic Surgery (AICPE) is one most relevant conference meetings in Europe concerning aesthetic plastic surgery due to number participants and as parterre invited speakers chosen for their renowned scientific value [...]

Using event-related potential measures, the present study investigated the affective responses to aesthetic experience. To differentiate the objective aesthetic value from subjective aesthetic evaluation, an amended oddball task was used in which pendant pictures were presented as frequent nontarget stimuli, whereas the landscape pictures were presented as a rare target. The pendant pictures we...