Nude Bodies Boost Visual Processing
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 11:10
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers are saying that the perception of nude bodies is boosted at an early stage of visual processing. So it may be an overlap with the culturally forbidden nature of scantily clad or nude figures as the driving force behind its appeal in areas as diverse as sexual arousal, art and advertising. Brain imaging studies have localized areas in the brain which are specialized in detecting human bodies in the environment, but it was unknown whether the brain processes nude and clothed bodies in different ways. Researchers at the University of Tampere and the Aalto University, Finland, have now shown that the perception of nude bodies is boosted at an early stage of visual processing. read more