A universal model of esthetic perception based on the sensory coding of natural stimuli

Spatial Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 97-117

  Redies, Christoph ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Art; Efficient coding; Esthetics; Resonance; Sparse coding

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY; RESONANCE; STATISTICS;

ESTHETICS; SENSORY CODING; SPARSE CODING;

COMPUTER VISION;

COGNITION; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; PAINTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

COGNITION; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; PAINTINGS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 35148816314     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: 15685683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856808782713780     Document Type: Article

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