A neurobiological enquiry into the origins of our experience of the sublime and beautiful

Philosophies of aesthetics have posited that experience of the sublime – commonly but not exclusively derived from scenes of natural grandeur – is distinct from that of beauty and is a counterpoint to it. We wanted to chart the pattern of brain activity which correlates with the declared intensity o...

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Main Authors: Tomohiro eIshizu, Semir eZeki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00891/full