Sparsity in an artificial neural network predicts beauty: Towards a model of processing-based aesthetics

• Nicolas M. Dibot ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nicolas.dibot@cefe.cnrs.fr

  Affiliations CEFE, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France, LIRMM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6097-0293

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• Sonia Tieo,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CEFE, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France

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• Tamra C. Mendelson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• William Puech ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: William Puech, Julien P. Renoult

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation LIRMM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France

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• Julien P. Renoult

  Contributed equally to this work with: William Puech, Julien P. Renoult

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CEFE, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France

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