Emanations of the mind: Upper Paleolithic art as a visual phenomenon

Time and Mind

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-193

  Hodgson, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional arousal; Neuropsychology; Paleolithic art; Perception; Seeing in

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862639200     PISSN: 1751696X     EISSN: 17516978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175169712X13276628335041     Document Type: Note

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