Bibliometrical and Visualized Analysis of Neuroaesthetics Research:A Review Based on CiteSpace

摘要

This article analyzes the evolution of neuroaesthetics research,through 145 articles on topics related to“neuroaesthetics”derived from the Web of Science Core Collection from 1991 to 2018,uses CiteSpace to visualize the spatial distribution of publications,and analyzes outbreaks of keywords and highly cited references.The article tracks changes in the subject of neuroaesthetics,and identifies new trends in neuroaesthetics research.The article finds that the first period(1994-2005)of neuroaesthetics research focuses on the definition and scope of the field,and the value of the subject.The second period(2006-2018)mainly uses relevant experimental methods to focus on the two aspects which neuroaesthetics derives.Our research results show that this is a practice-oriented discipline.With the diversification of research methods and the distribution of academic groups around the world as shown by the survey network,international cooperation has become more and more extensive and in depth.Thus,the study of neuroaesthetics is promoted.