Neurobiological foundations of aesthetics and art

被引：13
作者：
Rolls, Edmund T. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Oxford Ctr Computat Neurosci, Oxford, England
来源：
NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY | 2017年 / 47卷
关键词：
Emotion; Evolution; Neurobiological foundations of art; Aesthetics; Natural selection; Beauty; Pleasure; Aesthetic perception; DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIONS; MUSIC CORRELATE; BRAIN-REGIONS; NEURAL BASIS; PREFERENCES; RESPONSES; PLEASANT; RECOGNITION; EVOLUTION; SELECTION;
D O I：
10.1016/j.newideapsych.2017.03.005
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
A theory of the neurobiological foundations of aesthetics and art is described. This has its roots in emotion, in which what is pleasant or unpleasant, a reward or punisher, is the result of an evolutionary process in which genes define the (pleasant or unpleasant) goals for action. To this is added the operation of the reasoning, syntactic, brain system which evolved to help solve difficult, multistep, problems, and the use of which is encouraged by pleasant feelings when elegant, simple, and hence aesthetic solutions are found that are advantageous because they are parsimonious, and follow Occam's Razor. The combination of these two systems, and the interactions between them, provide an approach to understanding aesthetics that is rooted in evolution and its effects on brain design and function. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码：121 / 135
页数：15
相关论文
共 108 条
  • [1] Ackley D., 1987, A Connectionist Machine for Genetic Hillclimbing
  • [2] The neural basis for shape preferences
    Amir, Ori
    Biederman, Irving
    Hayworth, Kenneth J.
    [J]. VISION RESEARCH, 2011, 51 (20) : 2198 - 2206
  • [3] Dissociated neural representations of intensity and valence in human olfaction
    Anderson, AK
    Christoff, K
    Stappen, I
    Panitz, D
    Ghahremani, DG
    Glover, G
    Gabrieli, JDE
    Sobel, N
    [J]. NATURE NEUROSCIENCE, 2003, 6 (02) : 196 - 202
  • [4] [Anonymous], 2002, Computational Neuroscience of Vision
  • [5] [Anonymous], 2008, Memory, Attention, and Decision-Making
  • [6] [Anonymous], 1998, Neural networks and brain function
  • [7] [Anonymous], 1989, The Selfish Gene
  • [8] [Anonymous], 2015, HDB EVOLUTIONARY PSY
  • [9] [Anonymous], 1968, ANAL BEHAV CHANGE
  • [10] [Anonymous], 1998, Grooming, gossip, and the evolution of language
12345678910