Implicit detection of poetic harmony by the naïve brain

The power of poetry is universally acknowledged, but it is debatable whether its appreciation is reserved for experts. Here we show that readers with no particular knowledge of a traditional form of Welsh poetry unconsciously distinguish phrases conforming to its complex poetic construction rules fr...

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Main Authors: Awel Vaughan-Evans, Robat Trefor, Llion Jones, Peredur Lynch, Manon Wyn Jones, Guillaume Thierry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
P3b
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01859/full