Beauty is commonly used to refer to positive evaluative appraisals that are uniquely human.
Little is known, however, about what distinguishes beauty in terms of psychological function …

Art, regarded as one of the last bulwarks of human prerogatives, is a valid model for
investigating the relationship between humans and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Recent studies …

Evidence dating back a century shows that humans are sensitive to and exhibit a preference
for visual curvature. This effect has been observed in different age groups, human cultures …

Empirical aesthetics and neuroaesthetics study two main issues: the valuation of sensory
objects and art experience. These two issues are often treated as if they were intrinsically …

People differ in how they respond to artworks. Measuring such individual differences is
helpful for explaining response variability and selecting particularly responsive subsamples …

In this paper, a multidisciplinary approach to examining the connection between visual
perception, human emotions and architectural space is presented. It details a study in which …

Recent work on the aesthetics of the built and natural environment has shown that aesthetic
responses are derived from three interrelated psychological dimensions: Fascination (an …

People invest precious time and resources on experiences such as watching movies or
listening to music. Yet, we still have a poor understanding of how such sensed experiences …

There has been a recent interest in how architecture affects mental health and psychological
well-being, motivated by the fact that we spend the majority of our waking time inside and …

What happens to aesthetic preferences over time? Everyday experience suggests that our
preferences change over the course of our lives. Unfortunately, much of the existing …