The brain on art: Intense aesthetic experience activates the default mode network

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2012, 2012, Pages

  Vessel, Edward A ^a   Gabrielle Starr, G ^a   Rubin, Nava ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Art; Default mode network; Fmri; Preference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SENSORY STIMULATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THINKING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 84933678853     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00066     Document Type: Article

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