The Aesthetic Brain takes readers on an exciting journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Using the latest advances in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Anjan Chatterjee investigates how aesthetic sensibilitiies are etched into our minds, explaining why artistic concerns feature centrally in our lives.
The Aesthetic Brain takes readers on an exciting journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Using the latest advances in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Anjan Chatterjee investigates how aesthetic sensibilitiies are etched into our minds, explaining why artistic concerns feature centrally in our lives.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Anjan Chatterjee, M.D., is Professor of Neurology, and a member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and the Center for Neuroscience and Society at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on the editorial boards of Empirical Studies of the Arts; Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology; Behavioural Neurology; Neuropsychology; Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; European Neurology; The Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society; American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience; Brain Science; and Policy Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology. In 2002, he was awarded the Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology by the American Academy of Neurology. He is President of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics and President of the Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Society.
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PREFACE INTRODUCTION BEAUTY 1. What is this thing called beauty? 2. Captivating faces 3. The measure of facial beauty 4. The body beautiful 5. How the brain works 6. Brains behind beauty 7. Evolving beauty 8. Landscapes 9. Numbering beauty 10. The illogic of beauty PLEASURE 1. What is this thing called pleasure? 2. Food 3. Sex 4. Money 5. Liking, wanting, learning 6. The logic of pleasure ART 1. What is this thing called art? 2. Art: Biology and culture 3. Descriptive science of the arts 4. Experimental science of the arts 5. Conceptual art 6. The inception of art 7. Messy minds 8. Evolving art 9. Art: A tail or a song? 10. The serendipity of art
PREFACE INTRODUCTION BEAUTY 1. What is this thing called beauty? 2. Captivating faces 3. The measure of facial beauty 4. The body beautiful 5. How the brain works 6. Brains behind beauty 7. Evolving beauty 8. Landscapes 9. Numbering beauty 10. The illogic of beauty PLEASURE 1. What is this thing called pleasure? 2. Food 3. Sex 4. Money 5. Liking, wanting, learning 6. The logic of pleasure ART 1. What is this thing called art? 2. Art: Biology and culture 3. Descriptive science of the arts 4. Experimental science of the arts 5. Conceptual art 6. The inception of art 7. Messy minds 8. Evolving art 9. Art: A tail or a song? 10. The serendipity of art
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