Integrating aesthetics within an evolutionary and psychological framework

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-90

  Lindgaard, Gitte ^a   Whitfield, T W Allan ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Cognition; Emotion; Feelings; Somatic marker

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010527115     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922031000086726     Document Type: Article

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