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"Looking at artifacts": The development of visual aesthetic preferences
Tilbe Göksun1, Aykut Coskun2, Anjan Chatterjee3
1Koç University, Department of Psychology, İstanbul, Türkiye.
Current Opinion in Psychology
|July 29, 2026
Summary
This study explores early visual aesthetic preferences in infants and young children. It investigates if young children show preferences for artifacts, considering their developing brains and limited world exposure.
Area of Science:
- Developmental psychology
- Aesthetics research
- Cognitive science
Background:
- Developmental aesthetics is an emerging field.
- Limited research exists on infants' visual preferences for artifacts.
- The study revisits a framework based on the aesthetic triad.
Purpose of the Study:
- To overview the current state of early visual aesthetic preferences.
- To focus on art and architecture in infants and young children.
- To explore potential perceptual primitives guiding aesthetic preferences.
Main Methods:
- Literature review and synthesis of existing research.
- Analysis of developmental frameworks in aesthetics.
- Examination of studies on infant and child artifact appreciation.
Main Results:
- Evidence for perceptual primitives influencing aesthetic preferences is presented.
- Early artifact appreciation in infants and young children is a key focus.
- The study highlights the nascent stage of research in this domain.
Conclusions:
- Further research is needed to understand early aesthetic appreciation.
- New research directions are proposed for developmental aesthetics.
- Infant and child aesthetic preferences are influenced by perceptual factors.
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