Finding mutual interest between neuroscience and aesthetics: a brush with reality?

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Abstract:: In the article under review in this chapter, a discussion between an art historian and neuroscientists led to a collaborative project to study the influence of authenticity on the reception of artwork. Brain-scanning with functional magnetic resonance imaging led to the identification of a number of distinct areas of the cortex that might be implicated in complex aesthetic judgments. This article provides an informal account of some of the background that led to this study.

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Host title:: Brain, Beauty, and Art: Essays Bringing Neuroaesthetics into Focus
Pages:: 142-146
Chapter number:: 29
Publication date:: 2021-11-18
DOI:: 10.1093/oso/9780197513620.003.0029
EISBN:: 9780197513651
ISBN:: 9780197513620

Language:: English
Keywords:: functional MRI

Rembrandt

authenticity

visual cortex

frontal cortex

aesthetic judgments
Subtype:: Chapter
Pubs id:: 1319725
Local pid:: pubs:1319725
Deposit date:: 2026-03-10
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_6a640e6287814d31a51818521eea95da

Copyright holder:: Oxford University Press
Notes:: This is the accepted manuscript version of the chapter. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/97801975e13620.003.0029

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