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The brain on art: intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network
Aesthetic responses to visual art comprise multiple types of experiences, from sensation and perception to emotion and self-reflection. Moreover, aesthetic experience is highly individual, with observers varying significantly in their responses to the same artwork. Combining fMRI and behavioral anal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529785 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00066 |
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author | Vessel, Edward A. Starr, G. Gabrielle Rubin, Nava |
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description | Aesthetic responses to visual art comprise multiple types of experiences, from sensation and perception to emotion and self-reflection. Moreover, aesthetic experience is highly individual, with observers varying significantly in their responses to the same artwork. Combining fMRI and behavioral analysis of individual differences in aesthetic response, we identify two distinct patterns of neural activity exhibited by different sub-networks. Activity increased linearly with observers' ratings (4-level scale) in sensory (occipito-temporal) regions. Activity in the striatum (STR) also varied linearly with ratings, with below-baseline activations for low-rated artworks. In contrast, a network of frontal regions showed a step-like increase only for the most moving artworks (“4” ratings) and non-differential activity for all others. This included several regions belonging to the “default mode network” (DMN) previously associated with self-referential mentation. Our results suggest that aesthetic experience involves the integration of sensory and emotional reactions in a manner linked with their personal relevance. |
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spelling | pubmed-33307572012-04-23 The brain on art: intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network Vessel, Edward A. Starr, G. Gabrielle Rubin, Nava Front Hum Neurosci Neuroscience Aesthetic responses to visual art comprise multiple types of experiences, from sensation and perception to emotion and self-reflection. Moreover, aesthetic experience is highly individual, with observers varying significantly in their responses to the same artwork. Combining fMRI and behavioral analysis of individual differences in aesthetic response, we identify two distinct patterns of neural activity exhibited by different sub-networks. Activity increased linearly with observers' ratings (4-level scale) in sensory (occipito-temporal) regions. Activity in the striatum (STR) also varied linearly with ratings, with below-baseline activations for low-rated artworks. In contrast, a network of frontal regions showed a step-like increase only for the most moving artworks (“4” ratings) and non-differential activity for all others. This included several regions belonging to the “default mode network” (DMN) previously associated with self-referential mentation. Our results suggest that aesthetic experience involves the integration of sensory and emotional reactions in a manner linked with their personal relevance. Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3330757/ /pubmed/22529785 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00066 Text en Copyright © 2012 Vessel, Starr and Rubin. http://www.frontiersin.org/licenseagreement This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Vessel, Edward A. Starr, G. Gabrielle Rubin, Nava The brain on art: intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network |
title | The brain on art: intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network |
title_full | The brain on art: intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network |
title_fullStr | The brain on art: intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network |
title_full_unstemmed | The brain on art: intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network |
title_short | The brain on art: intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network |
title_sort | brain on art: intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529785 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00066 |
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