Laboratory of Neurobiology, Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK.
Present address: Max Planck School of Cognition, Leipzig, Germany.
Psych J. 2021 Apr;10(2):190-199. doi: 10.1002/pchj.415. Epub 2020 Dec 8.
We addressed the question of the extent to which external information is capable of modifying aesthetic ratings given to two different categories of stimuli-images of faces (which belong to the biological category) and those of abstract paintings with no recognizable objects (which sit in the artifactual category). A total of 51 participants of different national origins rated the beauty of both sets of stimuli, indicating the certainty of their rating; they then re-rated them after being exposed to the opinions of others on their aesthetic status. Of these 51 participants, 42 who met our criteria were selected to complete the experiment. The results showed that individuals were less prone to modifying their ratings of stimuli belonging to the biological category compared to those falling into the artifactual category. We discuss this finding in light of our theoretical Bayesian-Laplacian model and on the evidence given by previous empirical research.
我们探讨了外部信息在多大程度上能够改变对两类不同刺激的审美评价，这两类刺激分别是：人脸图像（属于生物类别）和没有可识别物体的抽象画（属于人工制品类别）。共有 51 名不同国籍的参与者对这两组刺激的美感进行了评价，并表明了他们评价的确定性；然后，在接触到他人对其审美地位的意见后，他们重新对其进行了评价。在这 51 名参与者中，有 42 名符合我们标准的人被选中完成实验。结果表明，与属于人工制品类别的刺激相比，个体不太倾向于修改对属于生物类别刺激的评价。我们根据我们的理论贝叶斯-拉普拉斯模型以及先前的实证研究证据对此发现进行了讨论。
