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→[Looks] Beauty is objective and it leads to predictable activation of brain centers
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It has long been debated whether or not there is there an objective, biological basis for the experience of beauty or if it is subjective and individually or culturally driven. To determine this, researchers showed average people with no art education images of masterpieces of Classical and Renaissance sculpture, and modified versions of these arts with less mathematically ideal proportions. | It has long been debated whether or not there is there an objective, biological basis for the experience of beauty or if it is subjective and individually or culturally driven. To determine this, researchers showed average people with no art education images of masterpieces of Classical and Renaissance sculpture, and modified versions of these arts with less mathematically ideal proportions. | ||
They then used fMRI to measure activation of various parts of the subjects' brains, when they were exposed to either the beautiful ideal art or the less beautiful modified art. There were clearly differential patterns of brain activation that | They then used fMRI to measure activation of various parts of the subjects' brains, when they were exposed to either the beautiful ideal art or the less beautiful modified art. There were clearly differential patterns of brain activation. These demonstrated that untrained people could generally come to consensus on which version was "beautiful" or not, and when beauty was encountered, it activated predictable pathways in the brain to process it. | ||
Primarily, the insula appeared responsible for judging whether something was beautiful or not, and the amygdala would then be activated to provide an emotional response. | Primarily, the insula appeared responsible for judging whether something was beautiful or not, and if something was beautiful, the amygdala would then be activated to provide an emotional response. | ||
Their research implies that our capacity to detect beauty | Their research implies that both our capacity to detect beauty and enjoy the pleasurable sensations it elicits are strongly hardwired into our brain structure. | ||
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