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001 2013014485
003 DLC
005 20140409080904.0
008 130410s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013014485
020 $a9780199811809 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBH301.P78$bC45 2014
082 00 $a111/.85$223
084 $aPSY008000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aChatterjee, Anjan.
245 14 $aThe aesthetic brain :$bhow we evolved to desire beauty and enjoy art /$cAnjan Chatterjee.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axxiii, 217 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"The Aesthetic Brain takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey addressing fundamental questions about aesthetics and art. Using neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Chatterjee shows how beauty, pleasure, and art are grounded biologically, and offers explanations for why beauty, pleasure, and art exist at all"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 191-206) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- BEAUTY -- 1. What is this thing called beauty? -- 2. Captivating faces -- 3. The measure of facial beauty -- 4. The body beautiful -- 5. How the brain works -- 6. Brains behind beauty -- 7. Evolving beauty -- 8. Landscapes -- 9. Numbering beauty -- 10. The illogic of beauty -- PLEASURE -- 1. What is this thing called pleasure? -- 2. Food -- 3. Sex -- 4. Money -- 5. Liking, wanting, learning -- 6. The logic of pleasure -- ART -- 1. What is this thing called art? -- 2. Art: Biology and culture -- 3. Descriptive science of the arts -- 4. Experimental science of the arts -- 5. Conceptual art -- 6. The inception of art -- 7. Messy minds -- 8. Evolving art -- 9. Art: A tail or a song? -- 10. The serendipity of art.
650 0 $aAesthetics$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aGenetic psychology.
650 0 $aBrain$xEvolution.
650 7 $aPSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology.$2bisacsh