All very reasonable. But what accounts for taste, which is socialized to the extent that some preferences are held even if we don't prefer them neurologically, speaking? History is replete with good examples, not only in art but perhaps most obviously in fashion or in fads of all sorts? wc
----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, April 26, 2012 4:37:49 AM Subject: "...We can gain insights into the origin and nature of aesthetic judgment. For example, neurobiological monitoring...[has] shown that the brain is most aroused by patterns in which there is about a 20 percent redundancy of elements..." "...We can gain insights into the origin and nature of aesthetic judgment. For example, neurobiological monitoring...[has] shown that the brain is most aroused by patterns in which there is about a 20 percent redundancy of elements..." http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/05/on-the-origins-of-the-arts
