Specificity of aesthetic experience for artworks: an fMRI study

In a previous study aimed at investigating the neural correlates of aesthetic experience in the beholder we found that observation of canonical sculptures, relative to sculptures whose proportions had been modified, produced the activation of a specific brain network. This network included various c...

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Main Authors: Cinzia eDi Dio, Nicola eCanessa, Stefano F. Cappa, Giacomo eRizzolatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2011.00139/full