Ishizu, T;
Zeki, S;
(2017)
The experience of beauty derived from sorrow.
Human Brain Mapping
, 38
(8)
pp. 4185-4200.
10.1002/hbm.23657.
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Abstract
We studied the neural mechanisms that are engaged during the experience of beauty derived from sorrow and from joy, two experiences that share a common denominator (beauty) but are linked to opposite emotional valences. Twenty subjects viewed and rerated, in a functional magnetic resonance imaging scanner, 120 images which each had classified into the following four categories: beautiful and sad; beautiful and joyful; neutral; ugly. The medial orbito-frontal cortex (mOFC) was active during the experience of both types of beauty. Otherwise, the two experiences engaged different parts of the brain: joyful beauty engaged areas linked to positive emotions while sorrowful beauty engaged areas linked to negative experiences. Separate regions of the cerebellum were engaged during experience of the two conditions. A functional connectivity analysis indicated that the activity within the mOFC was modulated by the supplementary motor area/middle cingulate cortex, known to be engaged during empathetic experiences provoked by other peoples' sadness.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The experience of beauty derived from sorrow |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/hbm.23657 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23657 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 The Authors Human Brain Mapping Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Neurosciences, Neuroimaging, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, Neurosciences & Neurology, aesthetic experience, emotion, functional magnetic resonance imaging, VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX, MEDIAL ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX, SOCIAL COGNITION, FUNCTIONAL TOPOGRAPHY, PERSPECTIVE-TAKING, HUMAN CEREBELLUM, DECISION-MAKING, MONETARY FAVORS, FRONTAL-CORTEX, HUMAN BRAIN |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Cell and Developmental Biology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1557749 |
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