Cross-Cultural Agreement in Perception of Animal Beauty: Boid Snakes Viewed by People from Five Continents

A study investigated aesthetic preferences within an integral taxonomic group, boid snakes, in several distant cultures: Bolivia, Philippines, India Rajasthan and Delhi, Malawi and Morocco, and compare them to previous results from the Czech Republic and Papua New Guinea (Mareov et al. 2009a and new...

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Published in:Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal 2011-12, Vol.39 (6), p.829-834
Main Authors: Frynta, Daniel, Marešová, Jana, Řeháková-Petrů, Milada, Šklíba, Jan, Šumbera, Radim, Krása, Antonín
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Animals
Anthropology
Attractiveness
Beauty
Biodiversity
Biological taxonomies
Bolivia
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Children
Cognition
Cross cultural studies
Delhi, India
Endangered & extinct species
Endangered species
Environmental Management
Ethnic groups
Geography
Humans
Malawi
Men
Perceptions
Snakes
Social Sciences
Sociocultural Factors
Sociology
Stimuli
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:A study investigated aesthetic preferences within an integral taxonomic group, boid snakes, in several distant cultures: Bolivia, Philippines, India Rajasthan and Delhi, Malawi and Morocco, and compare them to previous results from the Czech Republic and Papua New Guinea (Mareov et al. 2009a and new data). People across cultures seem to infer values from external features, often applying the rule what is beautiful is good.
ISSN:0300-7839
1572-9915
DOI:10.1007/s10745-011-9447-2