Genetic effects on variability in visual aesthetic evaluations are partially shared across visual domains.

ABSTRACT: The aesthetic values that individuals place on visual images are formed and shaped over a lifetime. However, whether the formation of visual aesthetic value is solely influenced by environmental exposure is still a matter of debate. Here, we considered differences in aesthetic value emerging across three visual domains: abstract images, scenes, and faces. We examined variability in two major dimensions of ordinary aesthetic experiences: taste-typicality and evaluation-bias. We build on two samples from the Australian Twin Registry where 1547 and 1231 monozygotic and dizygotic twins originally rated visual images belonging to the three domains. Genetic influences explained 26% to 41% of the variance in taste-typicality and evaluation-bias. Multivariate analyses showed that genetic effects w

SUBMITTER: Bignardi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10771521 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature