Research Article
The Effect of Simple Melodic Lines on Aesthetic Experience: Brain Response to Structural Manipulations
Table 3
Activation reflecting the contrast MOD versus CAN during listening (L) and aesthetic judgment (AJ) tasks.
| Area | Sphere | Local maxima | score | -corrected (cluster) |
| (a) MOD-CAN (L) | | | | | Post central gyrus | Right | 28 −36 58 | 4.78 | 0.000 | Dorsal premotor cortex | | 32 −4 70 | 4.40 | | (b) MOD-CAN (AJ) | | | | | Fusiform gyrus | Left | −34 −32 −20 | 5.37 | 0.000 | Middle occipital lobe | | −42 −74 18 | 3.92 | 0.01 | Precuneus | | −6 −56 10 | 3.91 | | Middle temporal gyrus | Right | 38 −60 −4 | 4.69 | 0.000 | Cerebellum | | 32 −40 −28 | 4.67 | | Parahippocampal gyrus | | 26 −40 −4 | 3.96 | | Precuneus | | 8 −46 8 | 3.82 | |
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