Aesthetics and Neuroscience - Scientific and Artistic Perspectives

This edited monograph provides a compelling analysis of the interplay between neuroscience and aesthetics. The book broaches a wide spectrum of topics including, but not limited to, mathematics and creator algorithms, neurosciences of artistic creativity, paintings and dynamical systems as well as computational research for architecture. The international authorship is genuinely interdisciplinary and the target audience primarily comprises readers interested in transdisciplinary research between neuroscience and the broad field of aesthetics. 

List of contents

Neuroscience of creativity.- Neurophysiology of the artworks' observer.- Understanding and enhancing art experiences.- Training and teaching through art and neuroscience.- Neuroscientific inspiration for artists.- Modeling and Naturalizing Aesthetics.

Summary

This edited monograph provides a compelling analysis of the interplay between neuroscience and aesthetics. The book broaches a wide spectrum of topics including, but not limited to, mathematics and creator algorithms, neurosciences of artistic creativity, paintings and dynamical systems as well as computational research for architecture. The international authorship is genuinely interdisciplinary and the target audience primarily comprises readers interested in transdisciplinary research between neuroscience and the broad field of aesthetics. 

Product details

• Assisted by: Zo Kapoula (Editor), Zoi Kapoula (Editor), Zoï Kapoula (Editor), Vernet (Editor), Vernet (Editor), Marine Vernet (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319462325
• ISBN: 978-3-31-946232-5
• No. of pages: 311
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 243 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 656 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 311 p. 82 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; B, Aesthetics, The arts: general issues, Arts, Neuroscience, Neurosciences, Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis, Zoology, Religion and Philosophy, Computer mathematics, Numerical analysis, Neurobiology