The Biological Roots of Aesthetics and Art

Animals' choice behavior is driven by motivation that is attributable to both innate urges and from positive and negative reinforcements. Using a comparative approach as well as experimental evidence, I explore how the first involves fitness-enhancing benefits from aesthetics that are derived f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernd Heinrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-07-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491301100316