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. 2016 Nov 15;10:84. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2016.00084

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The hierarchy of cognition. Cognition is organized into an approximate hierarchy of concepts from objects to abstract concepts and higher up to the highest cognitive concepts of the meaning and purpose. Aesthetic emotions function as motivators of learning concepts at every level, at the top of the hierarchy these are the emotions of the beautiful.