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    "pk": 39975,
    "title": "Neuroaesthetics, Sublime, and Well-Being: Positive Affect of Awe and Aesthetic Emotions, and a Practical Framework",
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    "abstract": "<p>Aesthetic experiences influence the way we perceive the world, often at a subliminal level. But relatively little is known about how these aesthetic experiences affect us cognitively and how they shape our identity and improve our well-being. The purpose of this paper is thus to: (1) examine and review the current literature in the emerging field of neuroaesthetics—how the brain responds to beauty and sublime experiences; (2) extrapolate from current literature the properties of beauty and what it means when people perceive something to be beautiful; (3) synthesize the current literature and my own research on the topic to bring more awareness on the health benefits and transcendent power of experiencing awe or sublimity; (4) use the PERMA (positive emotion, engagement, relationship, meaning, achievement) theory of well-being proposed by positive psychologist Martin Seligman to present an action framework I established, acronymed NUMA (nature walks, unconditional love, meditation, affirmative goals). Within this paper, I argue that these perceptually aesthetic experiences (which can happen in a variety of forms such as in nature, artworks, music, or poetry) elicit in us a sense of awe and wonder, which performs a “scale effect” or “overview effect” on us and if experienced regularly could guide us toward living a more meaningful life.</p>",
    "language": "eng",
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        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0",
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        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"
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        {
            "first_name": "Yiya",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Wang",
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            "institution": "University of California, Berkeley",
            "department": ""
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    "date_submitted": "2024-11-22T22:39:49.906000Z",
    "date_accepted": "2024-11-22T22:40:19.410000Z",
    "date_published": "2024-11-26T19:46:00.314000Z",
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