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Nancy Etcoff was born on 1955, is an American psychologist. Discover Nancy Etcoff's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?
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Who Is Nancy Etcoff's Husband?
Her husband is Steven Pinker (m. 1980–1992)
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Nancy Etcoff Net Worth
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Nancy Etcoff (born 1955) is an American psychologist and researcher at Harvard University.
Etcoff has maintained a private practice in psychology, and taught classes about the mind, brain, behavior, and aesthetics at Harvard Medical School.
Etcoff was married to the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker from 1980 to 1992.
Etcoff 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.
Etcoff earned her B.A from Brown University.
She initially studied comparative literature before switching her major to psychology.
from Harvard University and earned her Ph.D. in psychology at Boston University.
After this, she completed her postdoctoral fellowship in brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Etcoff is an associate professor of Harvard Medical School and works as a psychologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Etcoff serves as the director of the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Laboratories Program in Aesthetics and Well-Being, and is on the advisory board of the Peabody Essex Museum.
Etcoff teaches seminars in neuroaesthetics.
In her 1999 book Survival of the Prettiest: the Science of Beauty, she rejects the notion of beauty as a cultural construct, an invention of the fashion industry, or a backlash against feminism.
Instead Etcoff argues that human beauty perception is a biological artefact derived from evolutionary genetic pressure.
This book was the basis of a one-hour Discovery Channel episode.
Etcoff has made many appearances in mainstream US media on the subject of beauty including the New York Times and Good Morning America. Etcoff has given a TED talk "Happiness and Its Surprises", and appeared on NPR's TED Radio Hour.
Etcoff's definitions of human happiness have been reported by Harvard Medical Magazine.
In 2017, Etcoff was co-author of Zen and the Art of Living Mindfully: The Health-Enhancing Potential of Zen Aesthetics. She has 15 earlier publications, primarily on facial expressions and facial attractiveness, listed at Medline.
