Next steps in neuroaesthetics: Which processes and processing stages to study?

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-37

  Leder, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aesthetic emotion; Aesthetic experience; Neuroaesthetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878782355     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031585     Document Type: Article

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