Further Research in the Area of Perceiving Beauty

I think that research on the topic of perceiving beauty should focus more on comparing the people of India’s perception of beauty to other cultures’ perception of beauty, including more research on the western culture. I did not find as much information on this topic as I expected to. I thought that because the western society and India are two major places of interest and both encompass visual beauty, I would be overwhelmed with information, however this was not the case. India’s culture is becoming more popular in the media of the western world, so I thought I would easily be able to compare and contrast these two cultures in the area of perceiving beauty. It would be interesting to obtain results from an experiment that involved people of Indian decent living in western societies and westerners living in Indian culture for an extended period of time. The comparison of these results may be able to give insight on how out-groups develop and adapt to perceive beauty in other cultures. This may be done with various cultures as well as the western culture and Indian culture. The research could also go further to explore how people of a culture perceive beauty of non-living things. These may include monuments, buildings, works of art, scenery, aspects of religion, songs, poems, etc. This can be done within cultures and between cultures. It is important for research to continue because perception is an in-depth concept of psychology that is difficult to explain individually. If groups of people participate in studies, we will have a better understanding of how beauty, among other things, is perceived.