BEAUTY IS CONTEXT-DEPENDENT: NATURALNESS, FAMILIARITY, AND SEMANTIC MEANING INFLUENCE THE APPRECIATION OF GEOMETRIC SHAPES

Beauty is context-dependent: Naturalness, familiarity, and semantic meaning influence the appreciation of geometric shapes

Rounded shapes are associated with softness and warmth, whereas Platonic solids are associated with hardness and coldness.We investigated the temperature-shape association through sensorial/conceptual qualities of geometric ice-like textured shapes.In Experiment 1, participants viewed symmetrical rotating 3D shapes (five Platonic solids—cube, tet

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CORRUPTION SOCIOLOGY

Corruption shows a serious challenge to development.In the world of politics, corruption complicates democracy and good governance by destroying the helmet formal process.Corruption in elections and in the legislature reduces accountability and representation in policy making; corruption in the court system stops law order; and corruption in public

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