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The field of neuroaesthetics has gained in popularity in recent years but also attracted criticism from the perspectives both of the humanities and the sciences. In an effort to consolidate research in the field, we characterize neuroaesthetics as the cognitive neuroscience of aesthetic experience, drawing on long traditions of research in empirical ...
Pearce, Marcus T +6 more
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The impact of aesthetic evaluation and physical ability on dance perception [PDF]
The field of neuroaesthetics attracts attention from neuroscientists and artists interested in the neural underpinnings of aesthetic experience. Though less studied than the neuroaesthetics of visual art, dance neuroaesthetics is a particularly rich ...
Emily S. eCross +4 more
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Neuroaesthetics and the Trouble with Beauty [PDF]
Neuroscience is increasingly being called upon to address issues within the humanities. We discuss challenges that arise, relating to art and beauty, and provide ideas for a way forward.
Conway, Bevil R., Rehding, Alexander
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Up the nose of the beholder? Aesthetic perception in olfaction as a decision-making process [PDF]
Is the sense of smell a source of aesthetic perception? Traditional philosophical aesthetics has centered on vision and audition but eliminated smell for its subjective and inherently affective character.
Bailey Aubrey +7 more
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This paper proposed an innovative method for aesthetic education by integrating shape grammar and neuroaesthetics. Aesthetic education can be divided into bottom-up aesthetic cultivation and top-down knowledge education, which correspond to the ...
Shaoting Zeng, Xin Lyu, Jingfan Kang
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A Kinetic Ecological Approach to Beauty Perception: A Perspective Review on the Case of Symmetry and the Golden Ratio. [PDF]
Perception through Environmental Affordances: Objects offer invariant features for interaction, symmetry, and golden ratio could be aesthetic affordances. Common Environmental Features (circadian rhythm, 3D environment, gravity etc.) could be internalized, leading individuals to expect regularities in aesthetic perception.
Iosa M, Lucia MP, Salera C.
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Pathography in Japan: Exploring the relationship between creativity and the psyche
The author introduces the history, methodology, and development of pathography in Japan. In particular, the author focused on (1) five theses on the relationship between creativity and psychiatric disorders, (2) a new field of salutography that explores the relationship between creativity and mental health, and (3) suggestions for ethical ...
Shinichiro Tanaka
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This paper employs a novel research design to examine changes in empathy and closeness in partnered face-to-face dance, considering both different types of rhythm (regular, irregular, and no external rhythm, or ‘mutual entrainment only’) and different ...
Tudor Balinisteanu
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Affordances and curvature preference: The case of real objects and spaces
In a recent publication Chuquichambi and colleagues questioned the widespread view that there is a universal human visual preference for curved shapes and lines. Their meta‐analysis revealed that curvature preference is common, but not universal and invariant.
Zakaria Djebbara, Saleh Kalantari
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Amygdala‐frontoparietal effective connectivity in creativity and humor processing
Abstract Although both creativity and humor elicit experiences of surprise followed by appreciation, it remains unknown whether shared or distinct patterns of effective connectivity are involved in their processing. The present fMRI study used dynamic causal modeling and parametrical empirical Bayes analysis to examine the effective connectivity ...
Yu‐Chen Chan +2 more
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