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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Aesthetics

Background:

  • Individual aesthetic preferences diverge significantly from a similar starting point at birth.
  • Aesthetic preferences are crucial in defining individual and cultural identities.
  • Understanding the lifelong formation of aesthetic values requires accounting for interacting factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a general neuroscientific framework for understanding aesthetic preference formation.
  • To model the dynamic trajectories of aesthetic values over time.
  • To integrate sensory inputs, rewards, and motivational states within a reinforcement-learning model.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a framework inspired by meta-analytic neuroimaging data of aesthetic appraisal.
  • Incorporated probabilistic effects of sensory inputs, rewards, and motivational states.
  • Modeled interactions using reinforcement-learning circuitry and conducted simulations and mathematical analysis.

Main Results:

  • Individual differences in motivation lead to distinct weightings of aesthetic variables.
  • Cultural and environmental factors (sensory inputs, social rewards) shape diverse aesthetic values.
  • Stochastic learning processes cause aesthetic values to vary dynamically over time.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed framework offers a unifying perspective on aesthetic value formation.
  • It reconciles diverse empirical findings on individual, cultural, and temporal variations in aesthetics.
  • The model highlights the interplay of neuroscientific principles in shaping what we find aesthetically pleasing.