Perception of direct vs. averted gaze in artistic portrait paintings: an fMRI and eye-tracking study

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027826261730221X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027826261730221X?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2018.06.004" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.bandc.2018.06.004</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Perception of direct vs. averted gaze in artistic portrait paintings: an fMRI and eye-tracking study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In this study, we use separate eye-tracking measurements and functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the neuronal and behavioral response to painted portraits with direct versus averted gaze. We further explored modulatory effects of several painting characteristics (premodern vs modern period, influence of style and pictorial context). In the fMRI experiment, we show that the direct versus averted gaze elicited increased activation in lingual and inferior occipital and the fusiform face area, as well as in several areas involved in attentional and social cognitive processes, especially the theory of mind: angular gyrus/temporo-parietal junction, inferior frontal gyrus and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The additional eye-tracking experiment showed that participants spent more time viewing the portrait’s eyes and mouth when the portrait’s gaze was directed towards the observer. These results suggest that static and, in some cases, highly stylized depictions of human beings in artistic portraits elicit brain activation commensurate with the experience of being observed by a watchful intelligent being. They thus involve observers in implicit inferences of the painted subject’s mental states and emotions. We further confirm the substantial influence of representational medium on brain activity.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Perception of direct vs. averted gaze in artistic portrait paintings: an fMRI and eye-tracking study

Popis výsledku anglicky

In this study, we use separate eye-tracking measurements and functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the neuronal and behavioral response to painted portraits with direct versus averted gaze. We further explored modulatory effects of several painting characteristics (premodern vs modern period, influence of style and pictorial context). In the fMRI experiment, we show that the direct versus averted gaze elicited increased activation in lingual and inferior occipital and the fusiform face area, as well as in several areas involved in attentional and social cognitive processes, especially the theory of mind: angular gyrus/temporo-parietal junction, inferior frontal gyrus and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The additional eye-tracking experiment showed that participants spent more time viewing the portrait’s eyes and mouth when the portrait’s gaze was directed towards the observer. These results suggest that static and, in some cases, highly stylized depictions of human beings in artistic portraits elicit brain activation commensurate with the experience of being observed by a watchful intelligent being. They thus involve observers in implicit inferences of the painted subject’s mental states and emotions. We further confirm the substantial influence of representational medium on brain activity.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Brain and Cognition

ISSN

0278-2626

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

125

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

August

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

88-99

Kód UT WoS článku

000441704500011

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85048644267