2026/07/29 by Scott Weedon, Jamie Littlefield, J.S. Littlefield
Computer Science · Neuroscience · #Aesthetic Perception and Analysis #Cognition #Discernment #Embodied and Extended Cognition #Generative grammar #Innovative Human-Technology Interaction #Meaning (existential) #Quality (philosophy) #Taste #Technical communication #Technical writing
paper · doi:10.1177/00472816261471754
crossref issued 2026/07/29 · crossref published 2026/07/29 · crossref published-online 2026/07/29 · openalex publication_date 2026/07/29 · crossref created 2026/07/29 · openalex created_date 2026/07/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30 · crossref deposited 2026/07/31 · crossref indexed 2026/07/31
As generative AI systems saturate our digital spaces with an unprecedented volume of content, aesthetics (features that elicit human cognitive and sensory responses) and taste (human discernment about the quality and desirability of those features) have drawn renewed cultural attention. For researchers in scientific and technical communication (STC), this resurgence of interest might be viewed as an invitation to revisit the aesthetic as central to the ways that technical artifacts make meaning and produce subjects.