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Aesthetic emotions are affected by context: a psychometric network analysis
Scientific Reports, 2023 Aesthetic emotions are defined as emotions arising when a person evaluates a stimulus for its aesthetic appeal. Whether these emotions are unique to aesthetic activities is debated.
Yoed N. Kenett +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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Beauty and Wellness in the Semantic Memory of the Beholder
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Beauty and wellness are terms used often in common parlance, however their meaning and relation to each other is unclear. To probe their meaning, we applied network science methods to estimate and compare the semantic networks associated with beauty and ...
Yoed N. Kenett +3 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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Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia de Cultura, 2023 Tematem artykułu jest działalność twórcza i kuratorska Warrena Neidicha oraz analiza proponowanego przez niego projektu aktywistycznej neuroestetyki. W 1996 roku Neidich i Nathalie Anglès założyli platformę artbrain.org, internetowe czasopismo „Journal ...
Małgorzata Dancewicz‑Pawlik
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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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Neuroaesthetics and the Trouble with Beauty
PLoS Biology, 2013 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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