Aesthetic judgment is one of the most valued human characteristics, being regarded as a remarkable display of intelligence. Popular knowledge tells us that it is purely cultural. In this paper, we present a brief theory according to which aesthetics depends on biological and cultural issues, namely on visual image processing. We present an implementation of this theory and the experimental resu...

EDRS Price MF-$04 25 HC-$0.60 *Architecture, Cultural Enrichment, Educational Environment, *Environmental Influences, Individual Needs, Medical Services, *Perception, *Physical Environment, Physiology, Psychological Design Needs, *Sensory Experience, Stress Variables The basic concepts acid several examples of the effects of the physical environment on man are discussed. Aesthetic judgments of ...

This paper summarizes the theory of aesthetics that comes from the new foundations for geometry developed in my books. The new geometric foundations are based on two principles: (1) maximizing transfer of structure, (2) maximizing recoverability of the generative operations. According to the foundations, these are the two basic principles of aesthetics. This paper shows that the two principles ...

Aesthetic evaluations are appraisals that influence choices in important domains of human activity, including mate selection, consumer behavior, art appreciation, and possibly even moral judgment. The nascent field of neuroaesthetics is advancing our understanding of the role of aesthetic evaluations by examining their biological bases. Here, we conduct a selective review of the literature on n...

John Dewey’s pragmatist aesthetics is used as a conceptual basis for designing new technologies that support staff-members’ mundane social interactions in an academic department. From this perspective, aesthetics is seen as a broader phenomenon that encompasses experiential aspects of staffmembers’ everyday lives and not only a look-&-feel aspect. 1. Aesthetics of Mundane Interactions Our every...

This paper argues that an increasingly important dimension of the human-computer interaction is missing from the MIS and the HCI research agenda. This dimension—esthetics—plays a major role in our private, social, and business lives. It is argued that aesthetics is relevant to information technology research and practice for three theoretical reasons. (1) For many users, other aspects of the in...

In this work we study the connection between subjective evaluation of facial aesthetics and selected objective parameters based on photo-quality and facial soft biometrics. The approach is novel in that it jointly considers both previous results on photo quality and beauty assessment, as well as it incorporates non-permanent facial characteristics and expressions in the context of female facial...