Si ce qui est perçu comme étant beau est hautement subjectif ; au niveau cérébral, la situation apparaît comme encore bien plus complexe.
Existe-t-il un centre de la beauté, une région unique dans notre cerveau qui permettrait d’estimer ce qui est beau peu importe ce qui est évalué ?
Chronique diffusée le 19 novembre 2020. L’ensemble des chroniques est accessible sur une playlist dédiée.
Pour aller plus loin :
« Our brains have two distinct “beauty centres”: one for art and one for faces » par Emma Young. Publié sur Research digest, le 11/11/2020. Consulté le 23/11/2020. Lien : https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/11/11/our-brains-have-two-distinct-beauty-centres-one-for-art-and-one-for-faces/.
Un autre épisode du podcast en lien :
« La Tête Dans Le Cerveau #50 – L’activité cérébrale du saumon mort ».
« La Tête Dans Le Cerveau #129 – La complexe formule du désir ».
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Source image :
Kristina Nor – Person cover with paint (2019). https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-cover-with-paint-3219601/
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Christophe Rodo (23 novembre 2020). La multibeauté cérébrale (épisode 155). Cerveau en argot. Consulté le 4 octobre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/mkm6