Describes fresh approaches to aesthetics, creativity and psychology of the arts, approaching these topics from a point of view that is biological or related to biology. This book begins with a consideration of ten theories on the evolutionary function of specific arts such as music and literature.
Describes fresh approaches to aesthetics, creativity and psychology of the arts, approaching these topics from a point of view that is biological or related to biology. This book begins with a consideration of ten theories on the evolutionary function of specific arts such as music and literature.
Colin Martindale, Paul Locher, Vladimir Petrov, Arnold Berleant
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Colin Martindale Chapter 1 What Art is and What Art Does: An Overview of Contemporary Evolutionary Hypotheses Ellen Dissanayake Chapter 2 An Evolutionary Model of Artistic and Musical Creativity Gregory J. Feist Chapter 3 The Adaptive Function of Literature Joseph Carroll Chapter 4 Does Reading Literature Make People Happy? Willie van Peer, Alexandra Menties and Jan Auracher Chapter 5 Cognitive Poetics and Poetry Recital Reuven Tsur Chapter 6 The Alphabet and Creativity: Implications for East Asia William C. Hannas Chapter 7 Creativity, Gender, History, and Authors of Fantasy for Children Ravenna Helson Chapter 8 Trends in the Creative Content of Scientific Journals: Good, but Not as Good! Robert Hogenraad Chapter 9 The Information Approach to Human Sciences, Especially Aesthetics Vladimir M. Petrov Chapter 10 Art and Cognition: Cognitive Processes in Art Appreciation Helmut Leder and Benno Belke Chapter 11 Literary Creativity: A Neuro-Psychoanalytic View Norman N. Holland Chapter 12 A Neural-Network Theory of Beauty Colin Martindale Chapter 13 Neural Correlates of Creative Cognition Oshin Vartanian and Vinod Goel Chapter 14 Creativity, DNA, and Cerebral Blood Flow Rosa Aurora Chávez-Eakle Chapter 15 Artistic Creativity and Affective Disorders: Are They Connected? Dennis K. Kinney and Ruth L. Richards
Preface Colin Martindale Chapter 1 What Art is and What Art Does: An Overview of Contemporary Evolutionary Hypotheses Ellen Dissanayake Chapter 2 An Evolutionary Model of Artistic and Musical Creativity Gregory J. Feist Chapter 3 The Adaptive Function of Literature Joseph Carroll Chapter 4 Does Reading Literature Make People Happy? Willie van Peer, Alexandra Menties and Jan Auracher Chapter 5 Cognitive Poetics and Poetry Recital Reuven Tsur Chapter 6 The Alphabet and Creativity: Implications for East Asia William C. Hannas Chapter 7 Creativity, Gender, History, and Authors of Fantasy for Children Ravenna Helson Chapter 8 Trends in the Creative Content of Scientific Journals: Good, but Not as Good! Robert Hogenraad Chapter 9 The Information Approach to Human Sciences, Especially Aesthetics Vladimir M. Petrov Chapter 10 Art and Cognition: Cognitive Processes in Art Appreciation Helmut Leder and Benno Belke Chapter 11 Literary Creativity: A Neuro-Psychoanalytic View Norman N. Holland Chapter 12 A Neural-Network Theory of Beauty Colin Martindale Chapter 13 Neural Correlates of Creative Cognition Oshin Vartanian and Vinod Goel Chapter 14 Creativity, DNA, and Cerebral Blood Flow Rosa Aurora Chávez-Eakle Chapter 15 Artistic Creativity and Affective Disorders: Are They Connected? Dennis K. Kinney and Ruth L. Richards
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