A Functional Model of the Aesthetic Response

In a process of somatic evolution, the brain semi-randomly generates initially-unstable neural circuits that are selectively stabilized if they succeed in making sense out of raw sensory input. The human aesthetic response serves the function of stabilizing the circuits that successfully mediate per...

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Main Author: Daniel Conrad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2010-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=581