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Aesthetics [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2018
Our everyday lives are full of aesthetic experiences. We wake up and frown at an overcast sky, or smile at the sight of the sun. Myriad decisions depend on the aesthetic appeal of the available options like which shirt to wear, which route to take to work, or where to eat. Even life-changing decisions, like where to live or who to live with, are partly
Brielmann, A., Pelli, D.
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Expanding Aesthetics [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
This paper seeks to expand traditional aesthetic dimensions of design beyond the limits of human capability in order to encompass other species' sensory modalities. To accomplish this, the idea of inclusivity is extended beyond human cultural and personal identities and needs, to embrace multi-species experiences of places, events and interactions in ...
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The Fear of Aesthetics in Art and Literary Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Is aesthetics, as has recently been claimed, now able to meet the accusations often levelled against it? This essay examines counters to three of the most common: that aesthetics is based around overly narrow conceptions of "art" and "the aesthetic ...
Rose, Sam
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Individual differences in aesthetic preferences for multi-sensorial stimulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The aim of the current project was to investigate aesthetics in multi-sensorial stimulation and to explore individual differences in the process. We measured the aesthetics of Interactive Objects (IOs) which are three-dimensional objects with electronic ...
Gao, Jie, Soranzo, Alessandro
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Up the nose of the beholder? Aesthetic perception in olfaction as a decision-making process [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Is the sense of smell a source of aesthetic perception? Traditional philosophical aesthetics has centered on vision and audition but eliminated smell for its subjective and inherently affective character.
Bailey Aubrey   +7 more
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Aesthetics [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in Transcendental Philosophy, 2010
      
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Towards a cosmopolitan criticality: Relational aesthetics, Rirkrit Tiravanija and transnational encounters with pad thai [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Marsha Meskimmon and Nikos Papastergiadis have responded to contemporary art’s concern with transculturalism, audience participation and intersubjectivity by re-articulating the cosmopolitan in relation to both aesthetics and globalisation.
null null, Renate Dohmen
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Beyond Theological Aesthetics: Aesthetic Theology

open access: yesReligions, 2022
In this text, I explore what I have termed “aesthetic theology”. After noting the transference of religious content, function, etc., to art in Modernity, an act that has made art a locus theologicus once again, I analyse one of the main consequences of this phenomenon: art is progressively being considered through what was once purely theological ...
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Exploring the Musical Taste of Expert Listeners: Musicology Students reveal Tendency towards Omnivorous Taste

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
The current study examined the musical taste of musicology students as compared to a control student group. Participants (n=1003) completed an online survey regarding the frequency with which they listened to 22 musical styles. A factor analysis revealed
Paul eElvers   +3 more
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The paradoxical role of emotional intensity in the perception of vocal affect

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Vocalizations including laughter, cries, moans, or screams constitute a potent source of information about the affective states of others. It is typically conjectured that the higher the intensity of the expressed emotion, the better the classification ...
N. Holz, P. Larrouy-Maestri, D. Poeppel
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