Inside the Michelangelo effect: The role of art and aesthetic attractiveness on perceived fatigue and hand kinematics in virtual painting

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Greater art classification does not necessarily predict better liking: Evidence from graffiti and other visual arts

Magdalena Szubielska et al.

Summary: Art classification may not always predict liking accurately.

PSYCH JOURNAL (2022)

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Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

The golden ratio as an ecological affordance leading to aesthetic attractiveness

Daniela De Bartolo et al.

Summary: The study suggests that the golden ratio is associated with aesthetic judgment, with a preference for stimuli representing humans, anthropomorphic sculptures, and paintings regardless of cultural background. Eye movement recordings indicate that shorter dwell time is associated with better aesthetic judgment.

PSYCH JOURNAL (2022)

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Article Neurosciences

Gender Influences Virtual Reality-Based Recovery of Cognitive Functions in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Roberta Bruschetta et al.

Summary: This study found that virtual reality training can improve mood, cognitive flexibility, and selective attention in traumatic brain injury patients, and that these improvements are influenced by gender. Female patients showed better cognitive recovery after undergoing virtual reality training.

BRAIN SCIENCES (2022)

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Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Judgments of mathematical beauty are resistant to revision through external opinion

Haoxuan Zhang et al.

Summary: This study investigates the resistance to revision of judgments of mathematical beauty to external opinion and finds that such judgments have a high level of resistance.

PSYCH JOURNAL (2022)

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Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Nature versus art as elicitors of the sublime: A virtual reality study

Alice Chirico et al.

Summary: This study compares different sublime stimuli (nature vs. art) for eliciting the sublime. The nature-based format induced higher intensity emotional responses than the art-based format.

PLOS ONE (2021)

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Visceromotor roots of aesthetic evaluation of pain in art: an fMRI study

Martina Ardizzi et al.

Summary: Empathy for pain brain regions are commonly activated by both artistic and non-artistic painful facial expressions, suggesting the importance of empathy in the aesthetic experience of artworks. Additionally, a distinct activation was found in the posterior cingulate cortex/precuneus for non-artistic stimuli.

SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE (2021)

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Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

The Michelangelo Effect: Art Improves the Performance in a Virtual Reality Task Developed for Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation

Marco Iosa et al.

Summary: The study suggests that viewing art masterpieces can stimulate brain arousal in viewers, particularly with shorter motor tasks and lower perception of physical demand in healthy subjects. Among stroke patients, those exposed to artistic stimuli showed a reduction in erroneous movements, indicating a potential neurorehabilitation effect.

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY (2021)

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Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

The differential power of extraneous influences to modify aesthetic judgments of biological and artifactual stimuli

Giacomo Bignardi et al.

Summary: The study found that individuals are less likely to be influenced by external information when rating stimuli belonging to the biological category compared to those falling into the artifactual category.

PSYCH JOURNAL (2021)

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