Neuroaesthetics: A coming of age story

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-62

  Chatterjee, Anjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; BODY IMAGE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; NEUROSCIENCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; WRITING;

ART; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES; PERCEPTION;

EID: 78649477294     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21457     Document Type: Review

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