Re: "...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..."

[joseph berg]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:37 PM, joseph berg <art...@gmail.com> wrote:

> "...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
>

Does this apply to the 20 percent redundancy of elements?:

- Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic
enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.

Alfred North Whitehead