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Being Brains: Making The Cerebral Subject
To Begin With
Chap. 1: Genealogy of the Cerebral Subject
Chap. 2: Disciplines of the Neuro
Chap. 2: Neuroaesthetics
Chap. 2: The Neurodisciplines of Culture
Chap. 3: Cerebralizing Distress
Chap. 4: Brains on Paper
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Neuroaesthetics as a field of study

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A decade [after Semir Zeki's coining of the word], neuroaesthetics was depicted as coming of age “as a field of study in its own right,” devoted to exploring the “neural foundations of aesthetic appreciation” (Cela-Conde et al. 2011, Chatterjee 2010, Nadal and Pearce 2011). The new discipline might be undergoing “growing pains” (Chatterjee 2012), but that has not prevented it from being outstandingly productive.


Vidal, Fernando and Ortega, Francisco. Being Brains: Making the Cerebral Subject (Forms of Living)....

To learn more, you can watch these talks by Anjan Chatterjee and Marcos Nadal, researchers of neuroaesthetics cited by Vidal and Ortega:
How your brain decides what is beautiful | Anjan Chatterjee
Cognitive Neuroscience of Aesthetics
Or you can request access to these articles:

Cela-Conde, Camilo J., et al. 2011. “The Neural Foundations of Aesthetic Appreciation.” Progress in...

Chatterjee, Anjan. 2010. “Neuroaesthetics: A Coming of Age Story.” Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience...

Chatterjee, Anjan. 2012. “Neuroaesthetics: Growing Pains of a New Discipline.” In Aesthetic Science:...

Nadal, Marcos, and Marcus T. Pearce. 2011. “The Copenhagen Neuroesthetics Conference: Prospects and...

Anjan Chatterjee M.D., Elliott Professor of Neurology at Penn Medicine and the author of Aesthetic B...

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Cover of Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art, by Anjan Chatterjee

The Aesthetic Brain on Amazon

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All events in the topic Chap. 2: Neuroaesthetics:


01/01/1997 (Circa)01/01/1999 (Circa)Coining of the word NeuroaestheticsCoining of the word Neuroaesthetics
01/01/2010 (Circa)Neuroaesthetics as a field of studyNeuroaesthetics as a field of study
01/01/2013 (Circa)Foundation of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical AestheticsFoundation of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
01/01/2008 (Circa)Coining of the term NeuroarthistoryCoining of the term Neuroarthistory
01/01/2004 (Circa)Neural Correlates of Beauty, by Hideaki Kawabata and Semir ZekiNeural Correlates of Beauty, by Hideaki Kawabata and Semir Zeki
01/01/2000 (Circa)fMRI Experiment on Art Creation, by Robert SolsofMRI Experiment on Art Creation, by Robert Solso
01/01/1964 (Circa)Andy Warhol's Brillo BoxAndy Warhol's Brillo Box
01/01/1989 (Circa)The Power of Images, by David FreedbergThe Power of Images, by David Freedberg
01/01/2007 (Circa)01/01/2009 (Circa)David Freedberg's articles on neuroaesthetics
01/01/1992 (Circa)Discovery of Mirror NeuronsDiscovery of Mirror Neurons
01/01/2015 (Circa)Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, by Alva NöeOut of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, by Alva Nöe
01/01/1993 (Circa)Andy Warhol: Brillo Box, by Arthur DantoAndy Warhol: Brillo Box, by Arthur Danto