Where do you want to live? With whom? Do you like that image or swipe it away? Numerous decisions, big and small, partly depend on options\u2019 sensory appeal. Yet, we have a poor understanding of how sensory experiences gain their value and how these values influence our decisions.
\nWe propose the theory that sensory value is a signal that serves the greater goal of maintaining and adapting the states of the cognitive-sensory system in order to process stimuli effectively now and in the future. Two interlinked components generate an object\u2019s aesthetic value: 1) processing fluency \u2013 the likelihood of a stimulus given an observer’s state; 2) learning \u2013 the change in the average likelihood of expected future stimuli.
\nWe test a realization of this theory in three studies. First, a simulation study shows that our model can replicate effects of exposure and familiarity. Second, our model can capture liking judgments on a trial-by-trial basis (median r=0.65) and outperforms predictions based on population averages (median r=0.01) in a simple image rating task (N=59). Third, we test whether our model\u2019s predictions hold true when we control the initial and expected likelihood of stimulus features by asking people to rate a set of unfamiliar objects that we created to parametrically manipulate their features.
\nIn brief, we show that our computational model of sensory value can predict individual aesthetic judgments and their change over time. We thus lay the foundation for investigating the role of sensory values in decision-making.<\/p>\n
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