The Golden Section has long been considered by many to be the most pleasing proportion. Several recent experiments concerning its aesthetic quality are reviewed. While current measurement techniques are too imprecise to yield a definitive conclusion, the possibility still exists that the Golden Section is more pleasing than other proportions. Another set of studies dealing with a different aspect of the Golden Section is also reviewed. These studies indicate that the Golden Section informs the way we make distinctions such that whenever we divide one thing into two parts we tend to make the division using the Golden Section. Originally a concept in aesthetics, the Golden Section may also be useful for understanding other forms of experience in addition to the aesthetic.
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