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The aesthetic brain : how we evolved to desire beauty and enjoy art /

'The Aesthetic Brain' takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey addressing fundamental questions about aesthetics and art. Using neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Chatterjee shows how beauty, pleasure, and art are grounded biologically, and offers explanations for why beauty, plea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chatterjee, Anjan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Aesthetics > Psychological aspects.
Brain > Evolution.
Genetic psychology.
Psychology.
Aesthetics.
Psychology
Esthetics
Brain > physiology
Pleasure
Psychologie génétique.
Psychologie.
Esthétique.
psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
Aesthetics
Aesthetics > Psychological aspects
Brain > Evolution
Genetic psychology
Kognitive Psychologie
Neuroästhetik
Electronic books.
works of art.
Art
Art.
Œuvres d'art.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'The Aesthetic Brain' takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey addressing fundamental questions about aesthetics and art. Using neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Chatterjee shows how beauty, pleasure, and art are grounded biologically, and offers explanations for why beauty, pleasure, and art exist at all.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 217 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199811878
0199811873
9780199369546
0199369542