Stability and variability in aesthetic experience

Jacobsen, Thomas; Beudt, Susan

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00143

Stability and variability in aesthetic experience

A review

Publication date

2017-02-07

Document type

Research article

Author

Jacobsen, Thomas

Beudt, Susan

Organisational unit

Allgemeine und Biologische Psychologie

DOI

10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00143

URI

https://openhsu.ub.hsu-hh.de/handle/10.24405/4132

Publisher

Frontiers Research Foundation

Series or journal

Frontiers in psychology

ISSN

1664-1078

Periodical volume

8

Article ID

143

Peer-reviewed

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Part of the university bibliography

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Language

English

Abstract

Based on psychophysics’ pragmatic dualism, we trace the cognitive neuroscience of stability and variability in aesthetic experience. With regard to different domains of aesthetic processing, we touch upon the relevance of cognitive schemata for aesthetic preference. Attitudes and preferences are explored in detail. Evolutionary constraints on attitude formation or schema generation are elucidated, just as the often seemingly arbitrary influences of social, societal, and cultural nature are. A particular focus is put on the concept of critical periods during an individual’s ontogenesis. The latter contrasting with changes of high frequency, such as fashion influences. Taken together, these analyses document the state of the art in the field and, potentially, highlight avenues for future research.

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Jacobsen T and Beudt S (2017) Stability and Variability in Aesthetic Experience: A Review. Front. Psychol. 8:143 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00143

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