Naturalizing aesthetics: Art and the cognitive neuroscience of vision

Journal of Visual Art Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-213

  Seeley, William P ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Cognitive neuroscience; Mental imagery; Neuroaesthetics; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974819817     PISSN: 14702029     EISSN: 17589185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/jvap.5.3.195_1     Document Type: Article

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