Jessica Lam 👩🏻‍💻👩🏻‍🎨 on Nostr: “This simultaneous activation happens when people feel “moved” by art. While ...

“This simultaneous activation happens when people feel “moved” by art. While the person’s focus is directed at a specific external stimulus (the artwork), the default mode network, which is normally active when attention is not directed at a stimulus, and consists of “mind wandering” and involves thoughts about the self, memory, and future, is also activated. In other words, art arouses an extremely complex whole-brain response that brings into play many usually disparate aspects of the mind”