Art has always been a polarizing subject.Some people like realism，others like abstract.But do you know why some people value art in the millions，while others see the same piece as little more than a child's finger painting？
Many consider art to be quite random in terms of our likes and dislikes.But according to new research，there may be a scientific reason behind our fondness for certain works.The answer lies in how a person's brain breaks down the visuals of a painting combined with their judgment.
To prove their theory，neuroscientist Kiyohito Iigaya and his team from the California Institute of Technology （Caltech）gathered more than 1，300 volunteers and asked them to rate 825 different paintings from four different art genres
After analyzing the data，scientists found that the same groups of people tended to prefer similar aspects of the same paintings.These characteristics were then grouped into "low-level" features like color and blending，and "high-level" features like the emotion behind the painting.
From this experiment，Caltech's system was then able to predict an individual's specific taste in art and organize different works into one group，according to the paintings' features and volunteers' preferences.
Finally，the team repeated the first test on new volunteers.Again，the algorithm was able to accurately predict individuals' art preferences.According to Iigaya，this shows that the factors that contribute to whether a person likes an image are universal，not random.
Lesley Fellows，a neurologist at McGill University who studies value judgments，stated， "We know a lot about 'how' the brain carries out actions，but 'why' is far less well understood."
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1．Directions：Read the following three passages.Summarize the main idea and the main point（s）of the passage in no more than 60 words.Use your own words as far as possible.
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