An efficiently working brain characterizes higher mental flow that elicits pleasure in Chinese calligraphic handwriting.

ABSTRACT: The mental flow that commonly emerges during immersion in artistic activities is beneficial for maintaining mental health. However, there is not that much converging neurobiological evidence about how flow emerges and elicits pleasure in arts. Using an imitation task of Chinese calligraphic handwriting with self-rated subjective flow experience, we investigated the neural interactions supporting flow. Our results show that calligraphic handwriting requires cooperation between widespread multimodal regions that span the visual and sensorimotor areas along the dorsal stream, the top-down attentional control system, and the orbito-affective network. We demonstrate that higher flow is characterized by an efficiently working brain that manifests as less activation particularly in the brain regi

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10267646 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature