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Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex Involvement in Initial Negative Aesthetic Impression Formation

Publicated to: PLoS One. 7 (6): e38152- - 2012-06-04 7(6), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038152

Authors:

Munar, E; Nadal, M; Rosselló, J; Flexas, A; Moratti, S; Maestú, F; Marty, G; Cela-Conde, CJ
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Politecn Madrid - Author
Univ Balearic Isl, Human Evolut & Cognit Grp IFISC CSIC - Author

Abstract

It is well established that aesthetic appreciation is related with activity in several different brain regions. The identification of the neural correlates of beauty or liking ratings has been the focus of most prior studies. Not much attention has been directed towards the fact that humans are surrounded by objects that lead them to experience aesthetic indifference or leave them with a negative aesthetic impression. Here we explore the neural substrate of such experiences. Given the neuroimaging techniques that have been used, little is known about the temporal features of such brain activity. By means of magnetoencephalography we registered the moment at which brain activity differed while participants viewed images they considered to be beautiful or not. Results show that the first differential activity appears between 300 and 400 ms after stimulus onset. During this period activity in right lateral orbitofrontal cortex (lOFC) was greater while participants rated visual stimuli as not beautiful than when they rated them as beautiful. We argue that this activity is associated with an initial negative aesthetic impression formation, driven by the relative hedonic value of stimuli regarded as not beautiful. Additionally, our results contribute to the understanding of the nature of the functional roles of the lOFC.
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Keywords

ActivationBeautyComplexityContextExperienceFmriHuman brainJudgmentPreferenceRepresentations

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal PLoS One due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2012, it was in position 7/56, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Multidisciplinary Sciences.

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Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • WoS: 26
  • Scopus: 33
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-27:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 69.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 69 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 4.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/16602/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 420
  • Downloads: 298
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Awards linked to the item

This work was supported by two grants of the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (http://www.mineco.gob.es/) (Spanish Government): SEJ2007-64374/PSIC and FFI2010-20759. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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