The Arts and The Brain: Psychology and Physiology Beyond Pleasure

The arts are for pleasure - and for so much more! The brain sciences provide new answers to the question why our brain likes to make us paint, dance and play music -and why we enjoy watching painting, dance and listen to music. In The Arts and the Brain: Psychology and Physiology Beyond Pleasure, an excellent group of experts explains this evidence of a «neural and biobehavioural science of the arts», to unravel the neural, neuroendocrine, physiological, hormonal and evolutionary dimensions of the arts, that help explain the impact that art can have in human life. Builds bridges and makes new connections between neuroscientists, psychologists, and the arts worldUnravels the neural, neuroendocrine, physiological, hormonal and evolutionary dimensions of the artsContains chapters from true authorities in the field INDICE: The Arts, Brain and Evolution 1. Art, Symbolism and the Evolution of the Brain 2. Emergence of early art and the evolution of human culture 3. On the interaction between cultural and biological evolutionary processes in generating artistic creativity The Arts and Psychology 4. The nature of aesthetic experience of art 5. Art appreciation as an emotional process - beyond aesthetic experience 6. The Singular Experience: Characterizing the Emotional Response to Art Beyond Pleasure 7. An empirical paper on audience responses to film The Arts and Physiology 8. Why we like what we like? Tracking the neurophysiological responses linked to aesthetic appreciation 9. The arts as a multisensory experience 10. Interceptive predictions and aesthetic relatedness to images 11. How artists represent visual processes The Arts and the Brain 12. Art and Brain, and integrative overview 13. Seeking Salience in Engaging Art:  A Short Story about Attention, Artistic Value, and Affective Neuroscience 14. New insights from the neuroscience of dance 15. Embodied aesthetics in the visual and the performing arts The Arts and Biology 16. Music, dance and other art forms: new insights into the links between hedonia (pleasure) and eudaimonia (well-being) 17. A systematic review of the biological impact of music 18. Biology and aesthetics in music and the visual arts 19. Alexithymia, arts and health Arts Expertise and learning 20. Developmental perspectives on the social and emotional role of music and dance 21. Music Education and the Brain 22. Dance learning among adolescents and young adults: Insights from brain imaging and behaviour 23. Is there a moral bettering through the arts?

• ISBN: 978-0-12-813981-3
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 358
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés