Aesthetic Science Connecting Minds, Brains, and Experience

Name: Aesthetic Science Connecting Minds, Brains, and Experience
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ISBN: 9780199355808

ISBN-10: 0199355800

ISBN-13: 9780199355808

Edition: 2013

Authors: Arthur P. Shimamura, Stephen E. Palmer

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What do we do when we view a work of art? What does it mean to have an "aesthetic" experience? Are such experiences purely in the eye (and brain) of the beholder? Such questions have entertained philosophers for millennia and psychologists for over a century. More recently, with the advent of functional neuroimaging methods, a handful of ambitious brain scientists have begun to explore the neural correlates of such experiences. The notion of aesthetics is generally linked to the way art evokes an hedonic response--we like it or we don't. Of course, a multitude of factors can influence such judgments, such as personal interest, past experience, prior knowledge, and cultural biases. In this…

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List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/15/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English