Aesthetic valuation shaped by culturally-mediated tuning of perception, akin to language acquisition
abenitezburraco · x · 2026-09-25
Sharing research arguing that our aesthetic valuation system results from socially (culturally-mediated) tuning of the perceptual system — paralleling language acquisition in childhood. A cognitive-science take relevant to how human preferences form.
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