Observing versus creating flowers: a review of relevance for art therapy
This paper compares the embodied aesthetic experience of three types of images: photographed flowers, drawn flowers, and mandalas, summarizing data from three former comparative papers. The findings denote the strong embodied emotional connection of participants (changes in mood expressed in neural...
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| description | This paper compares the embodied aesthetic experience of three types of images: photographed flowers, drawn flowers, and mandalas, summarizing data from three former comparative papers. The findings denote the strong embodied emotional connection of participants (changes in mood expressed in neural and physiological responses) to images of real flowers, as compared to the more cognitive reactions to drawings of flowers and cognitive stimulation of flower-like mandalas. These findings are discussed in terms of methodological relevance for art therapy and nature therapy. While it is known that flowers arouse positive emotions, this more nuanced comparison has interesting implications for visual art therapy, and for the therapeutic effects of nature photos, as opposed to drawn interpretations of nature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1b658939e33340e18f8d34361988a8232025-01-30T06:22:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612025-01-011910.3389/fnhum.2025.15040571504057Observing versus creating flowers: a review of relevance for art therapyEphrat Huss0Mitsue Nagamine1Michele Zaccai2Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, IsraelInstitute for Liberal Arts, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, IsraelThis paper compares the embodied aesthetic experience of three types of images: photographed flowers, drawn flowers, and mandalas, summarizing data from three former comparative papers. The findings denote the strong embodied emotional connection of participants (changes in mood expressed in neural and physiological responses) to images of real flowers, as compared to the more cognitive reactions to drawings of flowers and cognitive stimulation of flower-like mandalas. These findings are discussed in terms of methodological relevance for art therapy and nature therapy. While it is known that flowers arouse positive emotions, this more nuanced comparison has interesting implications for visual art therapy, and for the therapeutic effects of nature photos, as opposed to drawn interpretations of nature.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1504057/fullarts-based researchobserving versus experiencingembodied aesthetic experiencesflowershuman’s relationship to flowers |
| spellingShingle | Ephrat Huss Mitsue Nagamine Michele Zaccai Observing versus creating flowers: a review of relevance for art therapy Frontiers in Human Neuroscience arts-based research observing versus experiencing embodied aesthetic experiences flowers human’s relationship to flowers |
| title | Observing versus creating flowers: a review of relevance for art therapy |
| title_full | Observing versus creating flowers: a review of relevance for art therapy |
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| title_short | Observing versus creating flowers: a review of relevance for art therapy |
| title_sort | observing versus creating flowers a review of relevance for art therapy |
| topic | arts-based research observing versus experiencing embodied aesthetic experiences flowers human’s relationship to flowers |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1504057/full |
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