Neuroaesthetics and the Trouble with Beauty

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Conway, Bevil R ^a,b   Rehding, Alexander ^c  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EPISTEMOLOGY; ESTHETICS; FACIES; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; REWARD; SCIENTIST; SENSATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ART; BEAUTY; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 84875461624     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001504     Document Type: Article

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