Dance as a subject for empirical aesthetics

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-88

  Christensen, Julia F ^a   Calvo Merino, Beatriz ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetic experience; Body; Dance; Movement; Neuroaesthetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882946801     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031827     Document Type: Article

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