Marcos Nadal (University of the Balearic Islands), Oshin Vartanian (University of Toronto)

Gebundenes Buch

The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Aesthetics

Beschreibung

The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Aesthetics provides the most comprehensive coverage of the domain of empirical aesthetics to date. With sections on visual art, dance, music, and other art forms, the breadth of this volume reflects the richness and variety of topics and methods used by scientists to understand the way human beings appreciate art.

Autor

Marcos Nadal received his B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) in 2000, and his Ph.D. in Psychology: Human Evolution and Cognition from the same university in 2007. From 2012 to 2015 he enjoyed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Basic Psychology and Research Methods of the University of Vienna. He is Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of the University of the Balearic Islands. He is the Executive Editor of Empirical Studies of the Arts, and serves on the editorial board of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. He is the co-editor of Art, Aesthetics, and the Brain (OUP Press). His research is devoted to characterizing the psychological, neural, and evolutionary foundations of humans' capacity for aesthetic appreciation and creation. Oshin Vartanian received his PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Maine under the supervision of Colin Martindale. He is the Co-Editor of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, and past Editor of Empirical Studies of the Arts. He is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Division 10 Daniel E. Berlyne Award in recognition of outstanding research by a junior scholar. His co-edited volumes include "Neuroaesthetics" (Baywood Publishing Company), "Neuroscience of creativity" (The MIT Press), "Neuroscience of decision making" (Psychology Press), and most recently "The Cambridge handbook of the neuroscience of creativity" (Cambridge University Press). His main areas of interest include the cognitive and neural bases of aesthetics and creativity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1104
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 181mm x 62mm
• Gewicht: 2230g
• ISBN-13: 9780198824350
• ISBN-10: 0198824351
• Artikelnr.: 66118179