The Copenhagen Neuroaesthetics conference: Prospects and pitfalls for an emerging field

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 172-183

  Nadal, Marcos ^a   Pearce, Marcus T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetic appreciation; Art; Brain; Dance; Music; Neuroaesthetics; Neuroimaging; Painting

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN REGION; CREATIVITY; CRITICAL THINKING; DANCING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FACIES; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSIC; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PAINTING; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SKILL RETENTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ART; BRAIN; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79955088289     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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