Art and brain: The relationship of biology and evolution to art

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 204, Issue , 2013, Pages 217-233

  Zaidel, Dahlia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Art origins; Beauty; Homo sapiens; Human culture; Mate selection; Neuroscience; Pleasure

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; THINKING;

ART ORIGINS; BEAUTY; HOMO SAPIENS; HUMAN CULTURE; MATE SELECTION; NEUROSCIENCE; PLEASURE;

ANIMALS; ART; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; ESTHETICS; HISTORY, ANCIENT;

EID: 84884139598     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63287-6.00011-7     Document Type: Chapter

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