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Anjan ChatterjeeThe University of Pennsylvania
The Neuroscience of Aesthetics
Responses are automatic
Aesthetics engage
Beauty matters
Values are leaky
Context matters
Aesthetic Experience
Knowledge-MeaningExpertiseContextCulture
Emotion-ValuationRewardEmotionWanting/
liking
Sensory-Motor
SensationPerception
Motor system
Chatterjee, Vartanian. TiCS. 2014
Responses are automatic
Aesthetics engage
Beauty matters
Values are leaky
Context matters
FACIAL BEAUTYSymmetry
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FACIAL BEAUTYAveraging
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Responses are automatic
Aesthetics engage
Beauty matters
Values are leaky
Context matters
0 1000 2000 3000
attractive? attractive?
identical?
Session A
Session B
0% 33% 66% 100%
Chatterjee, Thomas, Smith, Aguirre, Neuropsychology 2009
Beauty judgment
Chatterjee, Thomas, Smith, Aguirre, Neuropsychology 2009
Kim, et. al, PNAS 2007
Responses are automatic
Aesthetics engage
Beauty matters
Values are leaky
Context matters
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Responses are automatic
Aesthetics engage
Beauty matters
Values are leaky
Context matters
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Responses are automatic
Aesthetics engage
Beauty matters
Values are leaky
Context matters
Kirk, Skov, Hulme, et. al, Neuroimage 2009
Responses are automatic
Aesthetics engage
Beauty matters
Values are leaky
Context matters
Vartanian, et. al, PACA 2013
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Peak shift principleEnvironmental security hypothesis
Averaging
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Peak shift principleEnvironmental security hypothesis
Averaging
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Beauty as variableOvulatory shift hypothesis
Peak shift principleEnvironmental security hypothesis
Averaging
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Beauty as variableOvulatory shift hypothesis
Peak shift principleEnvironmental security hypothesis
Averaging
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Peak shift principleEnvironmental security hypothesis
Averaging
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