Nancy Etcoff

Nancy Etcoff
Born1955 (age 70–71)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma mater
  • Brown University
  • Harvard University
  • Boston University
  • MIT
Known forSurvival of the Prettiest (1999)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
Institutions
  • Harvard University
  • Massachusetts General Hospital

Nancy Etcoff (born 1955) is an American psychologist at Harvard University, where has taught classes about the mind, brain, behavior, and aesthetics. She is best known for her 1999 book Survival of the Prettiest: the Science of Beauty arguing for a biological basis for beauty linked to evolutionary psychology. In addition, she works at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

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