Advances in Neuroscience

Research Article

The Effect of Simple Melodic Lines on Aesthetic Experience: Brain Response to Structural Manipulations

Table 2

Activation reflecting effect of modified stimuli (versus white noise).
AreaSphereLocal maxima score -corrected (cluster)
InsulaLeft−46 −18 −2Inf. 0.000
Middle temporal gyrus −52 −18 4 Inf. 
Superior temporal gyrus −58 −8 2 Inf. 
Temporal pole −34 4 −286.19 
BA 17 −6 −78 165.76 
Fusiform gyrus −20 −52 −105.21 
Superior occipital lobe −18 −76 285.30 
BA 6 (PMd) −52 −8 50 5.050.008
Superior temporal gyrus Right60 −18 2 Inf.0.000
Temporal pole 50 4 −12 7.38 
BA 6 (PMd) 56 −2 50 6.50 
BA 17 22 −82 345.150.01
Precuneus 18 −74 204.980.005
Temporal pole 40 2 −26 5.170.001