Aesthetic evaluation of body movements shaped by embodied and arts experience: Insights from behaviour and fNIRS.

ABSTRACT: Aesthetic appreciation of full-body movements is likely shaped by our cumulative bodily experiences, yet most of the extant literature in this domain has focused on expertise and familiarity. We ran two experiments exploring individual differences in embodied experience and experience with the arts: In Study 1, we explored how participants' (n = 41) abilities to learn a choreography shaped their aesthetic perceptions while viewing learned vs. unknown movements, using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure cortical activation over the Action Observation Network (i.e., inferior frontal gyrus [IFG], inferior parietal lobule, middle temporal gyrus [MTG]). Study 1 demonstrated that embodied experience enhanced ratings of enjoyment, familiarity, and reproducibility of movements

SUBMITTER: Casale CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11519928 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature