A Functional Analysis of “Aesthetic”: A Commentary on Mechner.

In his target article, Mechner provides a bio-behavioral analysis of effects called “aesthetic.” He then examines hundreds of such effects across a wide range of literary, artistic, and scientific disciplines and concludes that they consist of a composite of elements that produce what he calls “surp...

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Published in:	Psychological Record Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 353 - 359
Main Author:	Schlinger, Henry D.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Sep2018
Subjects:	Aesthetics Operant conditioning Behavior modification Reinforcement (Psychology) Functional analysis
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