Cognitive control and unusual decisions about beauty: An fMRI study

Cognitive control and unusual decisions about beauty: An fMRI study

Studies of visual aesthetic preference have shown that people without art training generally prefer representational paintings to abstract paintings. This, however, is not always the case: preferences can sometimes go against this usual tendency. We aimed to explore this issue, investigating the rel...

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Main Authors:	Albert eFlexas, Jaume eRossello-Mir, Pedro ede Miguel, Marcos eNadal Roberts, Enric eMunar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:	Art Reaction Time conflict monitoring functional magnetic resonance imaging Aesthetic appreciation
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00520/full

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