Electrophysiology
Publication date
2020-07-09
Document type
Sammelbandbeitrag oder Buchkapitel
Author
Klein, Stina
Organisational unit
Book title
The Oxford handbook of empirical aesthetics
First page
291
Last page
307
Part of the university bibliography
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Abstract
One important method that can be applied for gaining an understanding of the implementation of aesthetics in the brain is that of electrophysiology. Cognitive electrophysiology, in particular, allows the identification of components in a mental processing architecture. The present chapter reviews findings in the neurocognitive psychology of aesthetics, or neuroaesthetics, that have been obtained with the method of event-related brain potentials (ERPs), as derived from the human electroencephalogram (EEG). The cognitive-perceptual bases, as well as affective sub-stages of aesthetic processing have been investigated, and those are described here. The ERP method allows for the identification of mental processing modes in cognitive and aesthetic processing. It also provides an assessment of the mental chronometry of cognitive and affective stages in aesthetic appreciation. As the work described here shows, distinct processes in the brain are engaged in aesthetic judgments.
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Chapter 14
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Jacobsen, T., & Klein, S. (2022). Electrophysiology. In M. Nadal, & O. Vartanian (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Aesthetics (pp. 291–307). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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