Aesthetic Experience, Neurology and Cultural Memory

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https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-202315208

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neuro-aesthetics, aesthetic experience, cultural memory, Mao II, perception process

Abstract

Neuro-aesthetics is a new scientific field in the field of research on the perception of beauty as well as the creation of art. This science deals with the connection between areas of the human brain and nervous systems with the perception of beauty. Neuro-aesthetic researchers and theorists consider the perception of beauty to have a biological basis. Aesthetics refers to the knowledge of how the senses are used to know. The purpose of writing this article is to review and introduce Don DeLillo's view on art and Aesthetics in the book Mao II and to extend the references in aesthetic education. This research is trying to determine the scope of this science and to express the challenges that are on this claim. The result of this research, which was carried out by examining the results of neuro-aesthetic tests and criticisms and opinions of theorists, shows that artistic perception is not mere visual perception, but variables such as historical, cultural factors, and conceptual understanding of the work are influential in artistic understanding.

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Author Biographies

Hamed Jamalpour, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Ph.D. Candidate of English Literature, Department of Literature and Foreign Languages, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

Javad Yaghoobi Derabi, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Assistant Professor of English Literature, Department of English language and Literature, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

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2023-06-15

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Jamalpour, H., & Derabi, J. Y. (2023). Aesthetic Experience, Neurology and Cultural Memory. Passages: International Review of Political History and Legal Culture, 15(2), 340-348. https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-202315208

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Vol. 15 - Nº 2 - Maio a Agosto (2023)

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