Difference in brain activations during appreciating paintings and photographic analogues

Difference in brain activations during appreciating paintings and photographic analogues

Several studies have investigated neural correlates of aesthetic appreciation for paintings but to date the findings have been heterogeneous. This heterogeneity may be attributed to previous studies’ measurement of aesthetic appreciation of not only the beauty of paintings but also the beauty of mot...

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Main Authors: Yoshinori eMizokami, Takeshi eTerao, Koji ehatano, Nobuhiko eHoaki, Kentaro eKohno, Yasuo eAraki, Kensuke eKodama, Mayu eHarada, Toshihiko eIzumi, Tsuyoshi eShimomura, Minoru eFujiki, Takanori eKochiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
beauty
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
cuneus
appreciation
oil painting
lingual gyrus
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00478/full

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