Neurobiological foundations of aesthetics and art

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2017, Pages 121-135

  Rolls, Edmund T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetic perception; Aesthetics; Beauty; Emotion; Evolution; Natural selection; Neurobiological foundations of art; Pleasure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016048758     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2017.03.005     Document Type: Article

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