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