The Routledge International Handbook of Neuroaesthetics is an
authoritative reference work that provides the reader with a
wide-ranging introduction to this exciting new scientific discipline.
The book brings together leading international academics to offer a
well-balanced overview of this burgeoning field while addressing two
questions central to the field: how the brain computes aesthetic
appreciation for sensory objects and how art is created and
experienced. The editors, Martin Skov and Marcos Nadal, have compiled
a neuroscientific, physiological, and psychological overview of the
systems underlying the evaluation of sensory objects and aesthetic
appreciation. Covering a variety of art forms mediated by vision,
audition, movement, and language, the handbook puts forward a critical
review of the current research to explain how and why perceptual and
emotional processes are essential for art production. The work also
unravels the interaction of art with expectations, experience and
knowledge and the modulation of artistic appreciation through social
and contextual settings, eventually bringing to light the potential of
art to influence mental states, health, and well-being. The concepts
are presented through research on the neural processes enabling
artistic creativity, artistic expertise, and the evolution of symbolic
cognition. This handbook is a compelling read for anyone interested in
making a first venture into this exciting new area of study and is
best suited for students and researchers in the fields of
neuroaesthetics, perceptual learning, and cognitive psychology.
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ISBN
9781000686647
Publisert
2022
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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