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Psychologist

Nancy Etcoff, born in 1955, is a renowned psychologist. She has conducted extensive research in the fields of emotional psychology and cognitive neuroscience, particularly in the areas of facial expression and emotional recognition.

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“Beauty draws us in. We can't stop looking or listening or touching. It takes us outside ourselves and it motivates us. It's essential to life and to happiness.”

Listening Essentials Draws Touching

Author:Nancy Etcoff

“Appearance is the most public part of the self. It is our sacrament, the visible self that the world assumes to be a mirror of the invisible, inner self.”

World Self Mirrors Assuming Appearance Invisible Visible Sacraments Inner Self

Book:Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

Source: Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

“The idea that beauty is unimportant or a cultural construct is the real beauty myth. We have to understand beauty, or we will always be enslaved by it.”

Ideas Real Myth Constructs Unimportant Real Beauty Beauty Myth

Author:Nancy Etcoff

“Physical beauty is like athletic skill: it peaks young.”

Young Beauty Skills Athletic Physical Beauty

Book:Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

Source: Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

“In Brazil there are more Avon ladies than members of the army. In the United States more money is spent on beauty than on education or social services.”

States Social United Beauty United States Members Army Priorities More Money Brazil Social Service Avon

Book:Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

Source: Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

“throughout human history people have scarred, painted, pierced, padded, stiffened, plucked, and buffed their bodies in the name of beauty.”

People Humans Body Names Beauty Human History

Author:Nancy Etcoff

“Beauty is equal parts flesh and imagination: we imbue it with our dreams, saturate it with our longings.”

Dream Imagination Beauty Equal Longing Flesh Our Dreams

Book:Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

Source: Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

“Beauty ensnares hearts, captures minds, and stirs up emotional wildfires. From Plato to pinups, images of human beauty have catered to a limitless desire to see and imagine an ideal human form.”

Mind Humans Heart Form Desire Beauty Imagine Emotional Ideals Capture Plato Limitless Human Form Wildfires Pinup

Author:Nancy Etcoff

“The idea that beauty is unimportant is the real beauty myth.”

Ideas Real Beauty Myth Unimportant Real Beauty Beauty Myth

Author:Nancy Etcoff

“When abused children under court protection were studied in California and Massachusetts, it turned out that a disproportionate number of them were unattractive...abused kids had head and face proportions that made them look less infantile and cute.”

Looks Children Made Kids Faces Numbers Court Protection California Cute Proportion Massachusetts Unattractive Infantile Abused Children

Author:Nancy Etcoff

“The formula for a happy marriage is five positive remarks, or interactions, for every one negative.”

Inspiration Motivation Five Negative Formulas Healthcare Interaction Remarks Happy Marriage

Author:Nancy Etcoff

About the Author

Born: 1955
Known for: Psychologist
Quotes: 11

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