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Acosta LMY. Commentary on The Creation of Adam. ACADEMIC MEDICINE : JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES 2023; 98:457. [PMID: 35507453 DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Lealani Mae Y Acosta
- L.M.Y. Acosta is associate professor, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; ; Twitter: @acostalmd
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Herrera-Arcos G, Tamez-Duque J, Acosta-De-Anda EY, Kwan-Loo K, de-Alba M, Tamez-Duque U, Contreras-Vidal JL, Soto R. Modulation of Neural Activity during Guided Viewing of Visual Art. Front Hum Neurosci 2017; 11:581. [PMID: 29249949 PMCID: PMC5714858 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mobile Brain-Body Imaging (MoBI) technology was deployed to record multi-modal data from 209 participants to examine the brain's response to artistic stimuli at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MARCO) in Monterrey, México. EEG signals were recorded as the subjects walked through the exhibit in guided groups of 6-8 people. Moreover, guided groups were either provided with an explanation of each art piece (Guided-E), or given no explanation (Guided-NE). The study was performed using portable Muse (InteraXon, Inc, Toronto, ON, Canada) headbands with four dry electrodes located at AF7, AF8, TP9, and TP10. Each participant performed a baseline (BL) control condition devoid of artistic stimuli and selected his/her favorite piece of art (FP) during the guided tour. In this study, we report data related to participants' demographic information and aesthetic preference as well as effects of art viewing on neural activity (EEG) in a select subgroup of 18-30 year-old subjects (Nc = 25) that generated high-quality EEG signals, on both BL and FP conditions. Dependencies on gender, sensor placement, and presence or absence of art explanation were also analyzed. After denoising, clustering of spectral EEG models was used to identify neural patterns associated with BL and FP conditions. Results indicate statistically significant suppression of beta band frequencies (15-25 Hz) in the prefrontal electrodes (AF7 and AF8) during appreciation of subjects' favorite painting, compared to the BL condition, which was significantly different from EEG responses to non-favorite paintings (NFP). No significant differences in brain activity in relation to the presence or absence of explanation during exhibit tours were found. Moreover, a frontal to posterior asymmetry in neural activity was observed, for both BL and FP conditions. These findings provide new information about frequency-related effects of preferred art viewing in brain activity, and support the view that art appreciation is independent of the artists' intent or original interpretation and related to the individual message that viewers themselves provide to each piece.
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- Guillermo Herrera-Arcos
- Tecnológico de Monterrey, National Robotics Laboratory, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Tecnológico de Monterrey, National Robotics Laboratory, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Tecnológico de Monterrey, National Robotics Laboratory, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Tecnológico de Monterrey, National Robotics Laboratory, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey, Mexico.,INDI Ingeniería y Diseño S.A.P.I. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico
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- Tecnológico de Monterrey, National Robotics Laboratory, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey, Mexico.,Laboratory for Non-invasive Brain-Machine Interface Systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Tecnológico de Monterrey, National Robotics Laboratory, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey, Mexico
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Siler T. Neuroart: picturing the neuroscience of intentional actions in art and science. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:410. [PMID: 26257629 PMCID: PMC4511838 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Intentional actions cover a broad spectrum of human behaviors involving consciousness, creativity, innovative thinking, problem-solving, critical thinking, and other related cognitive processes self-evident in the arts and sciences. The author discusses the brain activity associated with action intentions, connecting this activity with the creative process. Focusing on one seminal artwork created and exhibited over a period of three decades, Thought Assemblies (1979–82, 2014), he describes how this symbolic art interprets the neuropsychological processes of intuition and analytical reasoning. It explores numerous basic questions concerning observed interactions between artistic and scientific inquiries, conceptions, perceptions, and representations connecting mind and nature. Pointing to some key neural mechanisms responsible for forming and implementing intentions, he considers why and how we create, discover, invent, and innovate. He suggests ways of metaphorical thinking and symbolic modeling that can help integrate the neuroscience of intentional actions with the neuroscience of creativity, art and neuroaesthetics.
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- Todd Siler
- ArtScience® Publications Denver, CO, USA
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