Creative brain and abstract art: A quantitative study on Kandinskij paintings

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2387-2394

  Morabito, F C ^a   Cacciola, M ^a   Occhiuto, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT ARTS; AUTONOMOUS MACHINES; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; BOTTOM-UP/TOP-DOWN; COMPLEX PICTURES; HUMAN BRAIN; LONG RANGE INTERACTIONS; MENTAL VISUAL IMAGES; NEURAL CORRELATE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TSALLIS ENTROPIES; VISUAL TASKS;

ABSTRACTING; INFORMATION THEORY; NEURAL NETWORKS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VISION;

ARTS COMPUTING;

EID: 80054719212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2011.6033528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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