Overview
- Offers the first comprehensive introduction to the burgeoning field of neuroaesthetics
- Introduces students to the various methods used in the field, such as lab work and statistical analysis
- Enables students to develop methodological skills and think critically about humans' engagement with art
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
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​This open access neuroaesthetics textbook, the first in the world, is designed for teaching a semester module (14 meetings) to undergraduate/masters students from both the sciences and the humanities. Written in a style that appeals to humanities students without prior science training, and to science students without prior humanities training, the textbook contains 6 Units, material for an introductory class, and summative comments to be discussed in a closing meeting. Each Unit comprises an overview designed as student home reading, a lecture, and a lab. The labs contain detailed step-by-step instructions for running a basic experiment and analysing the collected data, that can be easily implemented in humanities and science departments alike. The textbook introduces students to philosophical considerations of neuroaesthetics topics in context of the history of empirical aesthetics, showcases experimental approaches to the empirical study of dance, the visual arts, and music, andsupports hands-on training in experimental research methods.
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Tudor Balinisteanu is a Research Fellow at University of Suceava, Romania, and established the first Neuroaesthetics Lab in Romania. He is currently researching empathy through leading participation in international projects including PoeticA, focusing on the biological universals of the aesthetic experience of poetry, Origins of Dance, focusing on the origins of rhythm in mutual entrainment, and VIVAET, that aims to create empathic visual identities for medical AIs.
Kerry Priest is an interdisciplinary artist and visiting specialist in music at the University of Plymouth, UK. She has previously taught at Von Humboldt University, Germany and the University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt. Her poetry has been published widely and she has written libretti for the Royal Opera House and stage work for the Minack Theatre.
Kerry Priest is an interdisciplinary artist and visiting specialist in music at the University of Plymouth, UK. She has previously taught at Von Humboldt University, Germany and the University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt. Her poetry has been published widely and she has written libretti for the Royal Opera House and stage work for the Minack Theatre.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neuroaesthetics
Book Subtitle: A Methods-Based Introduction
Editors: Tudor Balinisteanu, Kerry Priest
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42323-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42325-3Published: 08 August 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-42323-9Published: 03 January 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 291
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Psychology, general, Aesthetics, Arts