2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Brain analyzes beauty: oscillation of paintings and neuromagnetic responses
| Project/Area Number |
23650138
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
TOBIMATSU Shozo 九州大学, 大学院・医学研究院, 教授 (40164008)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
BEKKI Naoaki 日本大学, 工学部, 教授 (90209205)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 神経美学 / 絵画の美醜 / 1/fゆらぎ / 電磁場反応 |
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| Research Abstract |
We analyzed the relationship between the oscillatory components of the famous paintings such as Mona Lisa and neuromagnetic responses of the brain to elucidate the “beauty network” in the brain. First, the oscillatory components of the paintings were Fourier analyzed to obtain 1/f fluctuation. Then, neuromagnetic responses from 306 ch MEG were analyzed to obtain the responses from amygdala, orbito-frontal and superior temporal sulcus that consists of “beauty network”. For the first time, we detected the positive relationship between 1/f fluctuation and neural responses.
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Research Products
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