Beschrijving
Mapping functional connectivity and autonomic responses in aesthetic experienceTamar Torrance McCambridge (university of Auckland)
The Aesthetic Triad model (Chatterjee & Vartanian, 2014) describes aesthetic experience (AE) as a psychologically complex phenomenon that arises through the interplay between our sensory-motor, emotional-valuation, and meaning-knowledge systems. Within this framework, AE depends not only on how our sensory perceptual systems register and embody information, but how the brain thereafter assigns emotional value to and makes sense of aesthetic stimuli. Despite this, AE is often fragmented in neuroaesthetics literature, with research focusing on distinct facets of this phenomenon or its underlying mechanisms, forgetting the fluidity and complexity that makes subjective experiences meaningful. If we conceptualise AE as a process, then our analysis must be able to capture activity within the brain that is dynamic (constantly changing) and integrative (involving multiple processing systems), in order to measure such experiences holistically. Network neuroscience gives us a way to do this. Brain networks are constituted by connectivity; connectivity quantifies how much communication is going on between different areas of the brain over time. Here, we focus on functional connectivity, using high-density EEG to capture fast, oscillatory, and dynamic interactions within the brain while art-trained and untrained participants view artworks they have rated as highly aesthetically engaging.
| Periode | 21 okt 2025 |
|---|---|
| Evenementstype | Seminarie |
| Locatie | Leuven, BelgiëToon op kaart |