The influence of sensorimotor experience on the aesthetic evaluation of dance across the life span

LP Kirsch, ES Cross - Progress in brain research, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding how action perception, embodiment, and emotion interact is essential for
advancing knowledge about how we perceive and interact with each other in a social world …

Eye movement correlates of expertise in visual arts

P Francuz, I Zaniewski, P Augustynowicz… - Frontiers in human …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The aim of this study was to search for oculomotor correlates of expertise in visual arts, in
particular with regard to paintings. Achieving this goal was possible by gathering data on …

TMS over the superior temporal sulcus affects expressivity evaluation of portraits

C Ferrari, S Schiavi, Z Cattaneo - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral …, 2018 - Springer
When viewing a portrait, we are often captured by its expressivity, even if the emotion
depicted is not immediately identifiable. If the neural mechanisms underlying emotion …

Knowing dance or knowing how to dance?: Sources of expertise in aesthetic appreciation of human movement

G Orgs, B Calvo-Merino, ES Cross - The neurocognition of dance, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
In creating dance performances, performers and choreographers often engage in a
prolonged and highly collaborative artistic process. Whereas some studies show that …

Neural correlates of sexual orientation in heterosexual, bisexual, and homosexual women

A Safron, V Klimaj, D Sylva, AM Rosenthal, M Li… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
We used fMRI to investigate neural correlates of responses to erotic pictures and videos in
heterosexual (N= 26), bisexual (N= 26), and homosexual (N= 24) women, ages 25–50. We …

Synchronization, attention and transformation: multidimensional exploration of the aesthetic experience of contemporary dance spectators

C Joufflineau, C Vincent, A Bachrach - Behavioral Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
The co-presence of bodies in intersubjective situations can give rise to processes of
kinesthetic empathy and physiological synchronization, especially in the context of dance …

The modulation of personal traits in neural responses during the aesthetic experience of mundane art

Y Yeh, WC Hsu, PH Li - Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives To date, individual differences in the neuroaesthetics of mundane art are seldom
studied. This study addresses group differences with regard to the neural mechanisms of …

Postural and Emotional Impact of Carsten Höller's Artwork “Light Corner”

M Vernet, A Morize, Z Kapoula - Exploring Transdisciplinarity in Art and …, 2018 - Springer
This study is an in situ experiment carried out at the Grand Palais in Paris during the
exhibition “Dynamo” in 2013. Visitors of the exhibition were asked to stand in quiet stance in …

Body Perception and Emotion within Clinical Eating Disorders and Non-Clinical Eating Disorder Psychopathology

MA Carey - 2018 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Discontent towards one's own body has become increasingly prevalent within Western
culture, with greater body dissatisfaction implicated with higher risk of disordered eating …

The Warburg Dance Movements Library–the WADAMO Library. A validation study.

M Tsakiris, A Lambrechts - 2018 - osf.io
Abstract The Warburg Dance Movement Library is a validated set of 234 video clips of dance
movements for empirical research in the fields of cognitive science and neuroscience of …