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SUBMITTER: Sachs ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4884308 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sachs Matthew E ME Ellis Robert J RJ Schlaug Gottfried G Loui Psyche P
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 20160310 6
Humans uniquely appreciate aesthetics, experiencing pleasurable responses to complex stimuli that confer no clear intrinsic value for survival. However, substantial variability exists in the frequency and specificity of aesthetic responses. While pleasure from aesthetics is attributed to the neural circuitry for reward, what accounts for individual differences in aesthetic reward sensitivity remains unclear. Using a combination of survey data, behavioral and psychophysiological measures and diff ...[more]