<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Embodied simulation, a basic functional mechanism of our brain, and its neural underpinnings are discussed and connected to intersubjectivity and the reception of human cultural artefacts, like visual arts and film. Embodied simulation provides a unified account of both non-verbal and verbal aspects of interpersonal relations that likely play an important role in shaping not only the self and his/her relation to others, but also shared cultural practices. Embodied simulation sheds new light on aesthetic experience and is proposed as a key element for the dialogue between neuroscience and the humanities within the biocultural paradigm.</p></abstract>

Embodied simulation, a basic functional mechanism of our brain, and its neural underpinnings are discussed and connected to intersubjectivity and the reception of human cultural artefacts, like visual arts and film. Embodied simulation provides a unified account of both non-verbal and verbal aspects of interpersonal relations that likely play an important role in shaping not only the self and his/her relation to others, but also shared cultural practices. Embodied simulation sheds new light on aesthetic experience and is proposed as a key element for the dialogue between neuroscience and the humanities within the biocultural paradigm.

Embodied Simulation. Its Bearing on Aesthetic Experience and the Dialogue Between Neuroscience and the Humanities

Department of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neuroscience

Gestalt Theory

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Embodied simulation, a basic functional mechanism of our brain, and its neural underpinnings are discussed and connected to intersubjectivity and the reception...

Embodied Simulation. Its Bearing on Aesthetic Experience and the Dialogue Between Neuroscience and the Humanities

Pubblicato online: 25 lug 2019

Pagine: 113 - 127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2019-0013

Parole chiave
Aesthetic experience, biocultural paradigm, body, embodied simulation, film, immersion, mirror neurons, visual art

© 2019 Vittorio Gallese, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Embodied Simulation. Its Bearing on Aesthetic Experience and the Dialogue Between Neuroscience and the Humanities

Pubblicato online: 25 lug 2019

Pagine: 113 - 127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2019-0013

Parole chiaveAesthetic experience, biocultural paradigm, body, embodied simulation, film, immersion, mirror neurons, visual art

© 2019 Vittorio Gallese, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
Aesthetic experience, biocultural paradigm, body, embodied simulation, film, immersion, mirror neurons, visual art