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Art, Aesthetics, and the Brain (Hardcover)
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Art, Aesthetics, and the Brain (Hardcover)
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Humans have engaged in artistic and aesthetic activities since the
appearance of our species. Our ancestors have decorated their
bodies, tools, and utensils for over 100,000 years. The expression
of meaning using color, line, sound, rhythm, or movement, among
other means, constitutes a fundamental aspect of our species'
biological and cultural heritage. Art and aesthetics, therefore,
contribute to our species identity and distinguish it from its
living and extinct relatives. Science is faced with the challenge
of explaining the natural foundations of such a unique trait, and
the way cultural processes nurture it into magnificent expressions,
historically and ethnically unique. How does the human brain bring
about these sorts of behaviors? What neural processes underlie the
appreciation of painting, music, and dance? How does training
modulate these processes? How are they impaired by brain lesions
and neurodegenerative diseases? How did such neural underpinnings
evolve? Are humans the only species capable of aesthetic
appreciation, or are other species endowed with the rudiments of
this capacity? This volume brings together the work on such
questions by leading experts in genetics, psychology, neuroimaging,
neuropsychology, art history, and philosophy. It sets the stage for
a cognitive neuroscience of art and aesthetics, understood in the
broadest possible terms. With sections on visual art, dance, music,
neuropsychology, and evolution, the breadth of this volume's scope
reflects the richness and variety of topics and methods currently
used today by scientists to understand the way our brain endows us
with the faculty to produce and appreciate art and aesthetics.
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