The world can look better: Enhancing beauty experience with brain stimulation

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1713-1721

  Cattaneo, Zaira ^a,b   Lega, Carlotta ^a   Flexas, Albert ^c   Nadal, Marcos ^c,d   Munar, Enric ^c   Cela conde, Camilo J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abstract; Art; Brain stimulation; Colour; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Liking; Neuroaesthetics; Representational; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEAUTY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928675681     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst165     Document Type: Article

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