ISSN 0439-755X
CN 11-1911/B
主办:中国心理学会
   中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理学报 ›› 2021, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (6): 575-586.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2021.00575

• 研究报告 • 上一篇    下一篇

动态性对简笔画动物审美的影响及其神经机制

赵雪汝2(), 李婷3, 李金惠1, 何先友1(), 张维1, 陈广耀4   

  1. 1华南师范大学心理学院/脑认知与教育科学教育部重点实验室(华南师范大学)/心理应用研究中心/广东省心理健康知科学重点实验室, 广州 510631
    2北京教育学院学生发展中心, 北京 100120
    3松山湖实验中学, 广东 东莞 523000
    4暨南大学新闻与传播学院/媒体国家级实验教学示范中心(暨南大学), 广州 510632
  • 收稿日期:2020-06-23 发布日期:2021-04-25 出版日期:2021-06-25
  • 通讯作者: 赵雪汝,何先友 E-mail:xianyouhe@163.com;871656880@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(31970984);国家自然科学基金(31671132);北京教育学院重点关注课题(ZDGZ2019-01);中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助(19JNQM04)

The neural mechanism of the aesthetics of dynamic animal-stick figures

ZHAO Xueru2(), LI Ting3, LI Jinhui1, HE Xianyou1(), ZHANG Wei1, CHEN Guangyao4   

  1. 1School of Psychology, South China Normal University/Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education/Center for Studies of Psychological Application/Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
    2Academy of Basic Education Professionals, Beijing Institute of Education, Beijing, 100120, China
    3SSL Experimental Middle School, Dongguan 523000, China
    4School of Journalism & Communication/National Media & Experimental Teaching Center, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
  • Received:2020-06-23 Online:2021-04-25 Published:2021-06-25
  • Contact: ZHAO Xueru,HE Xianyou E-mail:xianyouhe@163.com;871656880@qq.com

摘要:

运用行为和fMRI技术, 通过比较动态刺激与静态刺激审美判断的行为和脑机制的异同探讨动态性对简笔画动物审美的影响, 包括两个实验。结果发现, 动态简笔画动物的美观程度评分和喜欢程度评分都显著高于静态简笔画动物。同时, 动态简笔画动物审美判断激活的区域基本涵盖了静态简笔画动物审美所激活的区域, 二者都激活了枕叶区等视觉加工区域、额叶区等认知加工区域、眶额叶皮层等奖赏区域以及海马、脑岛、扣带回、杏仁核等情绪加工区域。与静态简笔画动物的审美相比, 动态简笔画动物的审美显著激活了双侧舌回、双侧MT。本研究结果表明, 动态性影响了对简笔画动物的审美, 动态简笔画动物比静态简笔画动物被判断为更加美观。

关键词: 动态性, 动态简笔画动物, 静态简笔画动物, 审美

Abstract:

“The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature.” Aesthetic need is a high-level spiritual pursuit of human beings. In recent years, researchers have gradually paid more and more attention to the importance of beauty. Although researchers have carried out many aesthetic studies, most have focused on the study of static stimuli and not dynamic stimuli such as flying birds or fast trotting horses. Thus, research in cognitive experimental aesthetics and cognitive neuroaesthetics has not addressed the following questions: Which areas of the brain are activated when we appreciate dynamic animals? What are the differences between the brain regions activated by dynamic animals versus static animals? Does dynamic property of the animal affect aesthetic judgment?

In summary, the present study indicated that the dynamic property of animal-stick figures affected aesthetic judgment and dynamic animal-stick figures were more beautiful than static ones.

We used behavioral research approaches and neurocognitive techniques (functional magnetic resonance image, fMRI) to gather converging evidence that addressed the above questions. In order to avoid the influence of irrelevant factors, we used stick figures as the experimental material. In Experiment 1 we explored if the dynamic property animal-stick figures affects aesthetic judgment. 20 college students participated in the formal experiment and 20 additional college students rated experimental materials. Participants were asked to evaluate the beauty and liking of dynamic animal-stick figures and static animal-stick figures. E-prime 2.0 was used to present stimuli and to collect the behavioral data. Results showed that dynamic animal-stick figures had higher aesthetic scores and liking scores than static animal-stick figures. Animal-stick figures were rated as more beautiful.

In Experiment 2 we explored neural mechanisms that underlie aesthetic judgment of dynamic animal-stick figures and compared the neural mechanisms between the aesthetic judgments of dynamic animal-stick figures and static ones. 20 participants who did not participate in Experiment 1 were scanned while they performed aesthetic judgments on dynamic animal-stick figures and matched static animal-stick figures.

Results revealed that regions of occipital lobe, frontal lobe, hippocampus, cingulate cortex, insula, orbital frontal cortex (OFC) and amygdala were commonly activated in the aesthetic judgments of both dynamic and static animal-stick figures. The neural networks involved in aesthetic judgments of dynamic animal-stick figures overlapped with those involved in aesthetic judgments of static animal-stick figures. Furthermore, compared to static animal-stick figures, stronger activations of lingual gyrus and middle temporal gyrus (MT/V5) were found in the aesthetic judgments of dynamic animal-stick figures. However, compared to dynamic animal-stick figures, no significant activations were found in beautiful judgments of static animal-stick figures.

Key words: dynamics, dynamic animal-stick figure, static animal-stick figure, aesthetic

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