Neural mechanisms underlying the hierarchical construction of perceived aesthetic value

K Iigaya, S Yi, IA Wahle, S Tanwisuth, L Cross… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Little is known about how the brain computes the perceived aesthetic value of complex
stimuli such as visual art. Here, we used computational methods in combination with …

Aesthetic preference for art emerges from a weighted integration over hierarchically structured visual features in the brain

K Iigaya, S Yi, IA Wahle, K Tanwisuth, JP O'Doherty - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
It is an open question whether preferences for visual art can be lawfully predicted from the
basic constituent elements of a visual image. Moreover, little is known about how such …

Aesthetic preference for art can be predicted from a mixture of low-and high-level visual features

K Iigaya, S Yi, IA Wahle, K Tanwisuth… - Nature Human …, 2021 - nature.com
It is an open question whether preferences for visual art can be lawfully predicted from the
basic constituent elements of a visual image. Here, we developed and tested a …

Aesthetic experience models human learning

GG Starr - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Aesthetic experiences have the potential to promote learning and creativity by enhancing
the ability to understand complexity and to integrate novel or disparate information. Offering …

The default-mode network represents aesthetic appeal that generalizes across visual domains

EA Vessel, AI Isik, AM Belfi… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Visual aesthetic evaluations, which impact decision-making and well-being, recruit the
ventral visual pathway, subcortical reward circuitry, and parts of the medial prefrontal cortex …

Naturalizing aesthetics: brain areas for aesthetic appraisal across sensory modalities

S Brown, X Gao, L Tisdelle, SB Eickhoff, M Liotti - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
We present here the most comprehensive analysis to date of neuroaesthetic processing by
reporting the results of voxel-based meta-analyses of 93 neuroimaging studies of positive …

Toward model building for visual aesthetic perception

J Liu, E Lughofer, X Zeng - Computational Intelligence and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Several models of visual aesthetic perception have been proposed in recent years. Such
models have drawn on investigations into the neural underpinnings of visual aesthetics …

Combining universal beauty and cultural context in a unifying model of visual aesthetic experience

C Redies - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
In this work, I propose a model of visual aesthetic experience that combines formalist and
contextual aspects of aesthetics. The model distinguishes between two modes of …

Modulation of aesthetic value by semantic context: An fMRI study

U Kirk, M Skov, O Hulme, MS Christensen, S Zeki - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Aesthetic judgments, like most judgments, depend on context. Whether an object or image is
seen in daily life or in an art gallery can significantly modulate the aesthetic value humans …

Brain correlates of aesthetic judgment of beauty

T Jacobsen, RI Schubotz, L Höfel, DY Cramon - Neuroimage, 2006 - Elsevier
Functional MRI was used to investigate the neural correlates of aesthetic judgments of
beauty of geometrical shapes. Participants performed evaluative aesthetic judgments …