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The effect of action observation on aesthetic preference of Chinese calligraphy: An fMRI study

INTRODUCTION: There is some evidence suggesting that movement perception has an effect on aesthetic experience. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the observation of creators’ creative action (the process that calligraphers create calligraphy) remain unclear. METHODS: In this study, participa...

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Autores principales: He, Mingcheng, Zhang, Wei, Deng, Jiamin, He, Xianyou
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8413759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34152097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2265
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Zhang, Wei
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He, Xianyou
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description INTRODUCTION: There is some evidence suggesting that movement perception has an effect on aesthetic experience. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the observation of creators’ creative action (the process that calligraphers create calligraphy) remain unclear. METHODS: In this study, participants were scanned with fMRI while performing aesthetic judgments on Chinese calligraphy images with/without action observation. RESULTS: Behavioral results showed that both the work by the expert and novice with action observation were rated significantly higher on aesthetic preference than those without action observation. Imaging results showed that brain regions associated with perceptual, cognitive, and emotional processing were commonly activated by calligraphy images with/without action observation. However, compared with no action observation, aesthetic judgments of calligraphy images with action observation elicited stronger activation in the anterior cingulate cortex and the bilateral insula. Meanwhile, the superior parietal lobe which is associated with relevant inner action imitation, was also activated when observing the creator's action. CONCLUSIONS: Brain activation in the superior parietal lobe, anterior cingulate cortex, and the bilateral insula indicated that observing the creative action of the creators contributed to the aesthetic experience of the observer.
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spelling pubmed-84137592021-09-07 The effect of action observation on aesthetic preference of Chinese calligraphy: An fMRI study He, Mingcheng Zhang, Wei Deng, Jiamin He, Xianyou Brain Behav Original Research INTRODUCTION: There is some evidence suggesting that movement perception has an effect on aesthetic experience. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the observation of creators’ creative action (the process that calligraphers create calligraphy) remain unclear. METHODS: In this study, participants were scanned with fMRI while performing aesthetic judgments on Chinese calligraphy images with/without action observation. RESULTS: Behavioral results showed that both the work by the expert and novice with action observation were rated significantly higher on aesthetic preference than those without action observation. Imaging results showed that brain regions associated with perceptual, cognitive, and emotional processing were commonly activated by calligraphy images with/without action observation. However, compared with no action observation, aesthetic judgments of calligraphy images with action observation elicited stronger activation in the anterior cingulate cortex and the bilateral insula. Meanwhile, the superior parietal lobe which is associated with relevant inner action imitation, was also activated when observing the creator's action. CONCLUSIONS: Brain activation in the superior parietal lobe, anterior cingulate cortex, and the bilateral insula indicated that observing the creative action of the creators contributed to the aesthetic experience of the observer. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8413759/ /pubmed/34152097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2265 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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He, Mingcheng
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The effect of action observation on aesthetic preference of Chinese calligraphy: An fMRI study
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title_short The effect of action observation on aesthetic preference of Chinese calligraphy: An fMRI study
title_sort effect of action observation on aesthetic preference of chinese calligraphy: an fmri study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8413759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34152097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2265
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