A Review on Neuroesthetics and Neurosart

Authors: Macar GA* and Ülker SV

DOI: 10.23880/pprij-16000395

Volume 9, Issue 1

Abstract

Man has always felt different and special from other living things in the universe he lives in. He makes sense of the world he lives in, thinks about it, and brings theories and explanations about existence. He wants to be freed from his impulses, he rejects his animal nature. For example, if he is making love, it is out of love. While this whole point of view does not make man as free as a cat in living his impulsiveness, man is nevertheless willing to separate his animal nature from other species with thick lines by means of art and aesthetics. Because to the extent that art and aesthetics distance people from their predatory nature, they will provide safe spaces for them. Since the pictures he drew on the cave walls, he is now on a higher level dominating nature. He will not eat every dish that is put in front of him, for example, he will look for artistic touches. With all these aspects, it would not be wrong to say that art and aesthetics have a very old history. As in almost every subject, art and aesthetics also have points in terms of neuroscience. In this sense, Neuroesthetics and Neuroart provides explanations about the nature of human, art and aesthetics. It explores how the enormous synaptic connections, the neuroplastic brain, reach a line of transformation with artistic and aesthetic stimuli. In our study, we will focus on the contribution of art and artistic stimuli to the simultaneous development of the right and left brain, especially to the orbito prontal part of the brain. However, within the scope of neuroaesthetics, the effects of aesthetics on the nucleus accumbens (reward center) as well as the effects of art on the release of the happiness hormone oxytocin and its beneficial reducing effect on mental disorders such as depression will be emphasized. In addition, the differences in the amygdala region of the brain in syndromes such as autism, unlike healthy groups, and the outcomes of this difference in the artistic field will be discussed. In addition to all these, emphasis will be placed on early diagnosis methods of diseases such as stroke and Alzheimer’s through artistic works. In creating this review article, publications of refereed journals published in fields such as Google Academy, master’s and doctoral theses published in national and international thesis centers, and some books and additional resources published in the field of neuroaestheticsneuroart were used methodologically. In our related study, experimental designs made in this sense will be included in the literature and theories on the indispensability of art and aesthetics for human nature will be included.

Keywords: Aesthetics; Art; Neuroa Esthetics; Neuroart; Brain

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