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| Title |
The brain on art: intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00066 |
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| Authors |
Edward A. Vessel, G. Gabrielle Starr, Nava Rubin |
| Abstract |
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. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 60 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| Hungary | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 24 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 49 | 82% |
| Scientists | 5 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 446 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | <1% |
| Unknown | 427 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 83 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 60 | 13% |
| Researcher | 56 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 43 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 31 | 7% |
| Other | 106 | 24% |
| Unknown | 67 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 139 | 31% |
| Neuroscience | 64 | 14% |
| Arts and Humanities | 40 | 9% |
| Engineering | 21 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 4% |
| Other | 82 | 18% |
| Unknown | 80 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 159. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 September 2023.
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#115
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#1,242
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#7
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