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| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | arXiv.org |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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Investigation of the concept of beauty via a lock-in feedback experiment. / Kaptein, Maurits C.; van Emden, Robin; Iannuzzi, Davide.
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T1 - Investigation of the concept of beauty via a lock-in feedback experiment
AU - Kaptein, Maurits C.
AU - van Emden, Robin
AU - Iannuzzi, Davide
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Lock-in feedback circuits are routinely used in physics laboratories all around the world to extract small signals out of a noisy environment. In a recent paper (M. Kaptein, R. van Emden, and D. Iannuzzi, paper under review), we have shown that one can adapt the algorithm exploited in those circuits to gain insight in behavioral economics. In this paper, we extend this concept to a very subjective socio-philosophical concept: the concept of beauty. We run an experiment on 7414 volunteers, asking them to express their opinion on the physical features of an avatar. Each participant was prompted with an image whose features were adjusted sequentially via a lock-in feedback algorithm driven by the opinion expressed by the previous participants. Our results show that the method allows one to identify the most attractive features of the avatar.
AB - Lock-in feedback circuits are routinely used in physics laboratories all around the world to extract small signals out of a noisy environment. In a recent paper (M. Kaptein, R. van Emden, and D. Iannuzzi, paper under review), we have shown that one can adapt the algorithm exploited in those circuits to gain insight in behavioral economics. In this paper, we extend this concept to a very subjective socio-philosophical concept: the concept of beauty. We run an experiment on 7414 volunteers, asking them to express their opinion on the physical features of an avatar. Each participant was prompted with an image whose features were adjusted sequentially via a lock-in feedback algorithm driven by the opinion expressed by the previous participants. Our results show that the method allows one to identify the most attractive features of the avatar.
M3 - Working paper
BT - Investigation of the concept of beauty via a lock-in feedback experiment
PB - arXiv.org
ER -