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Neuroaesthetics and Philosophy [PDF]
Sage Open, 2013 Some philosophers even recently have been skeptical about whether science can reveal anything significant about art. Although some scientists’ ventures into art theory have seemed to warrant such suspicions, including early speculative forays into neuroaesthetics, against such skepticism, the argument here is that neuroaesthetics is crucial for ...
Jason Holt
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Neuroaesthetics: Evolutionary Thinking in Facial Aesthetic Medicine. [PDF]
J Cosmet DermatolABSTRACT Background Facial aesthetic medicine has traditionally emphasized proportion, symmetry, and structural harmony based on anatomic and cultural ideals. However, rigid adherence to these principles may contribute to overcorrected, unnatural outcomes, challenging perceptions of authenticity.
Dayan S, Fabi S.
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, 2016 In this piece I survey three possible models in contemporary neuroaesthetics: positivist, idealist and critical. Different attitudes towards science and art prevail in each.
Wolfe, CharlesUGent8020008689929731904803480000-0002-7956-9085338CDF84-F0EE-11E1-A9DE-61C894A0A6B4 +1 more
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Finding Meaning in Neuroaesthetics. [PDF]
, 2015 How might neuroaesthetics move beyond beauty and begin to study meaning? While neuroaesthetics is broadly concerned with the brain’s role in processing art, it has typically focused on perceptual preferences concerning the question of beauty. To cut deeper ontologically the field might consider exploring other basic kinds of meaningful categorical ...
Kranjec, Alexander +3 more
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Pathography in Japan: Exploring the relationship between creativity and the psyche
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2023., 2023 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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Affordances and curvature preference: The case of real objects and spaces
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1527, Issue 1, Page 14-19, September 2023., 2023 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
Human Brain Mapping, Volume 44, Issue 6, Page 2585-2606, April 15, 2023., 2023 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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The neural determinants of abstract beauty
European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 633-645, February 2023., 2023 We enquired into the neural determinants of the experience of abstract beauty in the human brain. Subjects rated abstract art stimuli on their aesthetic appeal while undergoing functional brain imaging. Behaviourally, subjects disagreed on the beauty of most paintings.
Samuel E. Rasche +3 more
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(Neuro)Aesthetics: Beauty, ugliness, and ethics
PsyCh Journal, Volume 11, Issue 5, Page 619-627, October 2022., 2022 Abstract The objective of this essay is a holistic view of aesthetics, ethics, and neuroaesthetics. After a few introductory case studies, aesthetics is systematically introduced as a philosophical subdiscipline. This perspective is then expanded from aesthetics to neuroaesthetics.
Philip Dietrich, Thomas Knieper
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The golden ratio as an ecological affordance leading to aesthetic attractiveness
PsyCh Journal, Volume 11, Issue 5, Page 729-740, October 2022., 2022 Abstract The golden ratio (GR) is an irrational number (close to 1.618) that repeatedly occurs in nature as well as in masterpieces of art. The GR has been considered a proportion perfectly representing beauty since ancient times, and it was investigated in several scientific fields, but with conflicting results.
Daniela De Bartolo +6 more
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