Parametric Cortical Representations of Complexity and Preference for Artistic and Computer-Generated Fractal Patterns Revealed by Single-Trial EEG Power Spectral Analysis

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 236; p. 118092
• Main Authors: Rawls, Eric, White, Rebecca, Kane, Stephanie, Stevens, Carl E., Zabelina, Darya L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2021; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aesthetic; Brain research; EEG; Electroencephalography; Fractal; Fractals; Mathematical models; Perception; Pollock, Jackson; Power spectra; Preference; Perception; Aesthetic; Fractal; Power spectra; Preference

Fractals are self-similar patterns that repeat at different scales, the complexity of which are expressed as a fractional Euclidean dimension D between 0 (a point) and 2 (a filled plane). The drip paintings of American painter Jackson Pollock (JP) are fractal in nature, and Pollock's most illus...