【正文】 inautomatically responds to beauty by linking vision and pleasure. These beauty detectors,it seems, ping every time we see beauty, regardless of whatever else we mightbe thinking.
　　即使在這個情況中，有吸引力的臉孔會明顯地驅動 受測者視覺皮層的神經(jīng)活動，盡管當時他們在想的是人的身份，而不是他們美不美。即使我們沒有想著美，我們的大腦卻會對 有吸引力的臉孔做出反應。我們用來處理臉孔的視覺大腦 會和我們的快感中樞互動，強化對美感的體驗。
　　Now, a scientist ing in and sampling this populationdiscovers that green preferences are universal. So the point about this littleabstract example is that while preferences for specific physical features canbe arbitrary for the individual, if those features are heritable and they areassociated with a reproductive advantage, over time, they bee universal forthe group.
　　現(xiàn)在來了一個科學家，對這個族群進行抽樣，發(fā)現(xiàn)對綠色的偏好是很普遍的。ssay in a ratio of 3:2:1 then in the first generation, there would be 3greens to 2 oranges to 1 red, and in each subsequent generation, the proportionof greens increase, so that in 10 generations, 98 percent of this populationhas a green preference.
　　但如果我們人類對這些顏色偏好的比率 也剛好與產(chǎn)生后代的有關……。從他們的觀點，這些偏好與健康無關。青少年和年輕人容易被看上的原因，并不完全是他們健康條件上的優(yōu)勢。
　　Now, many people hear these kinds ofevolutionary claims and think they mean that we somehow are unconsciouslyseeking mates who are healthy. And I think this idea is probably not and young adults are not exactly known for making decisions that arepredicated on health concerns. But they donamp。換個現(xiàn)代的角度想，雄孔雀是在向雌孔雀展現(xiàn)牠的健康。39。這美麗但累贅的尾巴 并不能幫助雄孔雀 避開獵食者，也不方便接近雌孔雀。39。39。所以認為睪丸素 所賦予的特征是強健的指針，其實不是很有道理。t really make awhole lot of sense. Here, the logic is turned on its head. Instead of a fitnessindicator, scientists invoke a handicap principle.
　　睪丸素產(chǎn)生的特征，通常會被我們 認定為很有男子氣概。
　　Testosterone produces features that weregard as typically masculine. These include heavier brows, thinner cheeks andbigger, squaredoff jaws. But hereamp。39。在此我得道個歉，因為我的意見 僅限于異性戀的標準上。makeup.amp。
　　In the 1930s, a man named Maksymilian Faktorowicz recognized the importance ofsymmetry for beauty when he designed the beauty micrometer. With this device,he could measure minor asymmetric flaws which he could then make up for withproducts he sold from his pany, named brilliantly after himself, Max Factor,which, as you know, is one of the worldamp。一般來說，人們覺得對稱的面孔 比不對稱的更有吸引力。一般人的面孔代表了一個團體的主要傾向。s finding that posite or averagefaces are typically more attractive than each individual face that contributes tothe average has been replicated many times. This laboratory finding fits withmany peopleamp。這些參數(shù)包括大眾臉、對稱性、以及荷爾蒙的影響。ssculpted by factors that contribute to the survival of the group. Manyexperiments have shown that a few basic parameters contribute to what makes aface attractive. These include averaging, symmetry and the effects of amp。我們開始研究美的定義與成因，至少對臉部及外型 已經(jīng)開始有了審美的概念。re beginning to glimpse the why and the how of beauty, atleast in t