A1 Journal article (refereed)
Neuroaesthetic exploration on the cognitive processing behind repeating graphics (2022)

Qin, Y., Ma, L., Kujala, T., Silvennoinen, J., & Cong, F. (2022). Neuroaesthetic exploration on the cognitive processing behind repeating graphics. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, Article 1025862. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.1025862

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Qin, Yuan; Ma, Lan; Kujala, Tuomo; Silvennoinen, Johanna; Cong, Fengyu

Journal or series: Frontiers in Neuroscience

ISSN: 1662-4548

eISSN: 1662-453X

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 09/11/2022

Volume: 16

Article number: 1025862

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Publication country: Switzerland

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.1025862

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/83893

Abstract

Repeating graphics are common research objects in modern design education. However, we do not exactly know the attentional processes underlying graphic artifacts consisting of repeating rhythms. In this experiment, the event-related potential, a neuroscientific measure, was used to study the neural correlates of repeating graphics within graded orderliness. We simulated the competitive identification process of people recognizing artifacts with graded repeating rhythms from a scattered natural environment with the oddball paradigm. In the earlier attentional processing related to the P2 component around the Fz electrode within the 150−250 ms range, a middle-grade repeating rhythm (Target 1) did not show a difference from a high-grade repeating rhythm (Target 2). However, in the later cognitive processes related to the P3b component around the Pz electrode within the 300−450 ms range, Target 1 had longer peak latency than Target 2, based on similar waveforms. Thus, we may suppose that the arrangement of the repeating graphics did not influence the earlier attentional processing but affected the later cognitive part, such as the categorization task in the oddball paradigm. Furthermore, as evidenced by the standard deviation wave across the trials, we suggest that the growing standard deviation value might represent the gradual loss of attentional focus to the task after the stimulus onset and that the zero-growth level may represent similar brain activity between trials.

Keywords: graphic design; perception (activity); attention; cognitive processes; regression analysis; memory (cognition)

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Reporting Year: 2022

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