<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Humans know when they themselves experience beauty, even though the term itself has been difficult to define adequately for a variety of reasons. Given this centuries’ old failure to give an adequate definition of beauty, perhaps the time has come to enquire whether the experience of beauty, regardless of its source, can be defined in neural terms.</p></abstract>

Humans know when they themselves experience beauty, even though the term itself has been difficult to define adequately for a variety of reasons. Given this centuries’ old failure to give an adequate definition of beauty, perhaps the time has come to enquire whether the experience of beauty, regardless of its source, can be defined in neural terms.

Notes Towards a (Neurobiological) Definition of Beauty

Gestalt Theory

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Humans know when they themselves experience beauty, even though the term itself has been difficult to define adequately for a variety of reasons. Given this...

Notes Towards a (Neurobiological) Definition of Beauty

Published Online: Jul 25, 2019

Page range: 107 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2019-0012

Keywords
Beauty, aesthetic emotion, medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC)

© 2019 Semir Zeki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Notes Towards a (Neurobiological) Definition of Beauty

Published Online: Jul 25, 2019

Page range: 107 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2019-0012

KeywordsBeauty, aesthetic emotion, medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC)

© 2019 Semir Zeki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Beauty, aesthetic emotion, medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC)