neuroaesthetics

American  

[noor-oh-es-thet-iks, nyoor-] / ˌnʊər oʊ ɛsˈθɛt ɪks, ˌnyʊər- /

noun

1. the study of how the physical structures of the brain and nervous system contribute to the experience of art, creativity, and beauty.

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Example Sentences

Keltner said that when he first started researching awe, there were a few early studies on goosebumps, chills and neuroaesthetics, but no one had really zeroed in on the impact of the feeling.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2018, the Google team mulled the marriage of bytes and everyday life, in a Milan exhibition called “Softwear”; the next year, it contemplated neuroaesthetics and the way art, colors, textures and scents make us feel, in “A Space for Being.”

From New York Times

Dr. Ward was chosen as a Fulbright scholar in 2018, and studied neuroaesthetics at Université Paris-Descartes in Paris.

From New York Times

The arguments over Dr. Christensen’s paper pointed to disputes within the emerging field of neuroaesthetics, or the study of the neural processes underlying our appreciation and the production of beautiful objects and artworks:

From New York Times

Using brain-imaging and other tools of neuroscience, the new field of neuroaesthetics is probing the relationship between art and the brain. 

From Washington Post