The Aesthetic Brain

It started off interestingly, it's obviously a tantalising subject and elusive - which is exactly why I was drawn to the subject. I was curious to see if Anjan could illustrate “How We Evolved to Desire Beauty”.
The basic ideas of body symmetry seem logical, selection for procreation and health, genetically programmed desire for certain terrain - plausible.

Ultimately, I felt any chance of a concrete conclusion slipping away in the 2nd half of the book, at this point (I admit) I started to skim.

There will no doubly be subsequent studies into DNA markers, MRI scans and other factors which might link directly to our attraction to ‘attractive' ( subjective word in itself) people, places and objects - and their attributes.