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Towards a sensorimotor aesthetics of performing art

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Calvo-Merino, B., Jola, C., Glaser, D.E., Haggard, P.·2008·Consciousness and Cognition
DOI 10.1016/j.concog.2007.11.003
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The field of neuroaesthetics attempts to identify the brain processes underlying aesthetic experience, including but not limited to beauty. Previous neuroaesthetic studies have focussed largely on paintings and music, while performing arts such as dance have been less studied. Nevertheless, increasing knowledge of the neural mechanisms that represent the bodies and actions of others, and which contribute to empathy, make a neuroaesthetics of dance timely. Here, we present the first neuroscientific study of aesthetic perception in the context of the performing arts. We investigated brain areas whose activity during passive viewing of dance stimuli was related to later, independent aesthetic evaluation of the same stimuli. Brain activity of six naïve male subjects was measured using fMRI, while they watched 24 dance movements, and performed an irrelevant task. In a later session, participants rated each movement along a set of established aesthetic dimensions. The ratings were used to identify brain regions that were more active when viewing moves that received high average ratings than moves that received low average ratings. This contrast revealed bilateral activity in the occipital cortices and in right premotor cortex. Our results suggest a possible role of visual and sensorimotor brain areas in an automatic aesthetic response to dance. This sensorimotor response may explain why dance is widely appreciated in so many human cultures.

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  1. Eysenck, 1940, The ‘general factor’ in aesthetic judgement, British Journal of Psychology, 31, 94
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Authors
Calvo-Merino, B., Jola, C., Glaser, D. E., & Haggard, P.
Affiliations
  • City, University of London (GB)
  • University College London (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Consciousness and Cognition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-09
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
911-922
ISSN
1053-8100 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.concog.2007.11.003
OpenAlex
W2074082098
Cited by
274
References
49
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
Locations
  • Consciousness and Cognition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • City Research Online (City University London) (submittedVersion)
  • Open Research (University of Surrey) (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Leverhulme Trust
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Economic and Social Research Council
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
neuroaesthetics, dance, aesthetic perception, sensorimotor reactions, passive viewing, aesthetic judgment, premotor cortex, occipital cortex, empathy, performing arts
MeSH terms
Art, Beauty, Brain, Dancing, Empathy, Esthetics, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Psychomotor Performance, Visual Perception

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