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Article overview
This conceptual article explores why judgements of beauty can vary between observers and across situations. It brings attention to emotion, memory, familiarity, expectations and cultural learning as possible contributors to aesthetic evaluation. The proposed model treats appearance judgements as an interaction between what is perceived and the experience of the person perceiving it. The paper connects this perspective with wider discussions of social perception, individual differences and body image.
Publication details
- Author(s)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ocak Korhan Özduru
- Repository publication date
- 2026-07-19
- Language
- English
- Original journal
- Current Science Georgia
- DOI
- 10.5281/zenodo.21436876
- Repository
- Zenodo publication record
Topics
beauty perception · individual differences · aesthetic psychology · body image
Reference
Ocak Korhan Özduru (2026). Beauty Exists in the Observer: A Psychological Model of Relative Beauty Perception. Current Science Georgia. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21436876
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