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| Id | 712 | |
| Author | Mastandrea S., Fagioli S., Biasi V. | |
| Title | Art and psychological well-being: Linking the brain to the aesthetic emotion | |
| Reference | Mastandrea S., Fagioli S., Biasi V.; Art and psychological well-being: Linking the brain to the aesthetic emotion ;Frontiers in Psychology vol:10 issue: page: |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064761687&doi=10.3389%2ffpsyg.2019.00739&partnerID=40&md5=697cb5b53cee6ae056c7465e0d141b6b |
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| Abstract | Empirical studies suggest that art improves health and well-being among individuals. However, how aesthetic appreciation affects our cognitive and emotional states to promote physical and psychological well-being is still unclear. In this review, we consider the idea that the positive emotional output elicited from the aesthetic experience affects mood, and indirectly promotes health and well-being. First, we examine evidence that arts promoting well-being involve art museums, healthcare settings, and education. Second, we review some neuroimaging studies addressing aesthetic experience and emotional processing. In particular, we leveraged advances in neuroaesthetics to explore different hypotheses about the determinants of aesthetic pleasure during art reception, in the attempt to clarify how experiencing art promotes well-being. Finally, we propose research on aesthetic experience and psychophysiological measures of stress, with the goal of promoting a focused use of art as a tool for improving well-being and health. © 2019 Mastandrea, Fagioli and Biasi. |
Art and psychological well-being: Linking the brain to the aesthetic emotion. Nevertheless these different approaches to aesthetic evaluation may have different implications for a strategic use of art as tool for promoting well-being and health. Deeper understanding of the dynamic relationship between bottom-up stimulus properties and top-down cognitive appraisal on emotional experience during the aesthetic appreciation of an artwork might be useful to effective use of art-based tools for promoting individual health and well-being. Neuroaesthetics research suggests that aesthetic pleasure is derived by the interaction between emotion processing that involves reward-related areas in the brain and top-down processes derived from the relationship of the beholder with the cultural artifact. Moreover it remains unclear whether proper use of art to improve well-being should emphasize the empathetic responses to the artwork or the possibility for the beholder to master the meaning of the artwork itself.
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