eprintid: 1474171
rev_number: 26
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type: article
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creators_name: Kirsch, LP
creators_name: Urgesi, C
creators_name: Cross, ES
title: The Shaping and Reshaping of the Aesthetic Brain: Emerging Perspectives on the Neurobiology of Embodied Aesthetics
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: C07
keywords: Neuroaesthetics; fMRI; Brain; Beauty; Art; Body perception; Dance; Embodiment
note: © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND
license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.)
abstract: Less than two decades after its inception, the burgeoning field of neuroaesthetics continues to grow in interest and momentum. Despite the biological and social importance of the human body and the attention people pay to its appearance in daily life, only recently has neuroaesthetic inquiry turned its attention to questions concerning the aesthetic appraisal of the human body. We review evidence illustrating that the complexity of aesthetic experience is reflected by dynamic interplay between brain systems involved in reward, perceptual and motor processing, with a focus on aesthetic perception involving the human body. We then evaluate work demonstrating how these systems are modulated by beholders’ expertise or familiarity. Finally, we discuss seminal studies revealing the plasticity of behavioural and neural responses to beauty after perceptual and motor training. This research highlights the rich potential for neuroaesthetic inquiry to extend beyond its typical realm of the fine arts to address important questions regarding the relationship between embodiment, aesthetics and performing arts. We conclude by considering some of the criticisms and limitations of neuroaesthetics, and highlight several outstanding issues for future inquiry.
date: 2015-12
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.12.005
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1104199
doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.12.005
lyricists_name: Kirsch, Louise
lyricists_id: LKKIR18
actors_name: Kirsch, Louise
actors_id: LKKIR18
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
issn: 0149-7634
citation:        Kirsch, LP;    Urgesi, C;    Cross, ES;      (2015)    The Shaping and Reshaping of the Aesthetic Brain: Emerging Perspectives on the Neurobiology of Embodied Aesthetics.                   Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews        10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.12.005 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.12.005>.       Green open access   
 
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