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| Title |
The “Visual Shock” of Francis Bacon: an essay in neuroesthetics
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00850 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Semir Zeki, Tomohiro Ishizu |
| Abstract |
In this paper we discuss the work of Francis Bacon in the context of his declared aim of giving a "visual shock."We explore what this means in terms of brain activity and what insights into the brain's visual perceptive system his work gives. We do so especially with reference to the representation of faces and bodies in the human visual brain. We discuss the evidence that shows that both these categories of stimuli have a very privileged status in visual perception, compared to the perception of other stimuli, including man-made artifacts such as houses, chairs, and cars. We show that viewing stimuli that depart significantly from a normal representation of faces and bodies entails a significant difference in the pattern of brain activation. We argue that Bacon succeeded in delivering his "visual shock" because he subverted the normal neural representation of faces and bodies, without at the same time subverting the representation of man-made artifacts. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 9 | 38% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 13% |
| United States | 2 | 8% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 4% |
| Turkey | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 75% |
| Scientists | 5 | 21% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 86 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Austria | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 82 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 13% |
| Researcher | 9 | 10% |
| Professor | 9 | 10% |
| Other | 19 | 22% |
| Unknown | 11 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 22 | 26% |
| Neuroscience | 11 | 13% |
| Arts and Humanities | 11 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 19 | 22% |
| Unknown | 10 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. 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 10 January 2022.
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