This volume on neuroscience, neurology, and the fine arts brings several disciplines together. It presents current thoughts and modern examples about how science, medicine and the arts have interacted in the past and are still converging. This volume specifically explores the history and modern perspective on neurology and neuroscience.
This volume explores the history and modern perspective on neurology and neuroscience.
This volume explores the history and modern perspective on neurology and neuroscience.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Brain Damage, Creativity, and the Fine ArtsSplit-Brain, the Right Hemisphere, and Art: Fact and Fiction
Dahlia W. Zaidel
Visual Artistic Creativity and the Brain
Kenneth M. Heilman and Lealani Mae Acosta
Artistic Creativity, Artistic Production and Aging
Anna Mazzucchi, Elena Sinforiani and François Boller
Focal Cerebral Lesions and Painting Abilities
Anna Mazzucchi, Elena Sinforiani and François Boller
Artistic Creativity and Dementia
Zachary A. Miller and Bruce L. Miller
Part 2: Further Insights on the Brain and the Fine Arts
Deceiving the Brain: Pictures and Visual Perception
Nicholas J. Wade
The Experience of Art: Insights from Neuroimaging
Marcos Nadal
On the Electrophysiology of Aesthetic Processing
Thomas Jacobsen
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Exploring Neuroscience, Nature and Nurture in the Novel and the Films
Sheryl R. Ginn
Perception of Emotion in Abstract Artworks: A Multidisciplinary Approach
David Melcher and Francesca Bacci
Art and Brain: The Relationship of Biology and Evolution to Art Dahlia W. Zaidel
