Judgments of mathematical beauty are resistant to revision through external opinion.

IF 1.3 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

PsyCh journal Pub Date : 2022-10-01 Epub Date: 2022-05-01 DOI:10.1002/pchj.556

Haoxuan Zhang, Semir Zeki

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Abstract

We here address the question of the extent to which judgments of mathematical beauty (which we categorize as biological beauty) are resistant to revision through external opinion. A total of 100 mathematicians of different national and ethnic origins were asked to rate 60 mathematical equations for their beauty; after being presented a fictitious "expert rating," they were asked to re-rate the same equations. Results showed that the judgments of mathematical beauty had a high level of resistance to external opinion. This is in line with the resistance to revision of a judgments for other categories of biological beauty.

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对数学美感的判断是无法通过外部意见进行修正的。

我们在此探讨的问题是，对数学美（我们将其归类为生物美）的判断在多大程度上能够抵御外部意见的修正。我们要求 100 名来自不同国家和民族的数学家对 60 个数学公式的美感进行评分；在获得虚构的 "专家评分 "后，我们要求他们重新对相同的公式进行评分。结果表明，对数学美的评判对外部意见的抵制程度很高。这与其他类别的生物美的评判在修改时遇到的阻力是一致的。

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PsyCh journal PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

2.70

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12.50%

发文量

109

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