Neural mechanisms underlying the hierarchical construction of perceived aesthetic value

How the brain computes the value of complex stimuli such as visual art remains poorly understood. Here, the authors use computational models and fMRI to show that this process involves an integration over low- and high-level features across visual, parietal, and frontal cortical areas.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kiyohito Iigaya, Sanghyun Yi, Iman A. Wahle, Sandy Tanwisuth, Logan Cross, John P. O’Doherty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35654-y