ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2023
Aesthetic experience models human learning.
Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Aesthetic experiences and their transformative power: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of hue and orientation on naturalness and preference: evidence from concrete and abstract art.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Embodied neuroaesthetics and the psychotherapeutic relational field.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Mapping the brain networks underlying creativity enhancement via aesthetic experience.European journal of medical research · 2025Review
- A Narrative Scoping Review of Neuroaesthetics and Objective Understanding of Human Appearance.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Observing versus creating flowers: a review of relevance for art therapy.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
- Reading an Artist's Intention from the Composition (RAIC): eye movements and aesthetic experience in Japanese woodblock prints.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Binocularly suppressed stimuli induce brain activities related to aesthetic emotions.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
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 a theoretical framework for understanding the cognitive benefits of aesthetic experiences, this paper argues they are the necessary outcome of human learning, in which natural objects or artworks are evaluated in a multi-dimensional preference space shaped by Bayesian prediction. In addition, it contends that the brain-states underlying aesthetic experiences harness configurations of the apex three transmodal neural systems-the default mode network, the central executive network, and the salience network-that may offer information-processing advantages by recruiting the brain's high-power communication hubs, thus enhancing potential for learning gain.
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