http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2012/09/art-and-neuroscience-state-of-the-union/ The Beautiful Brain explores the latest findings from the ever-growing field of neuroscience through monthly long-form essays, reviews, galleries, short-form blog posts and more, with particular attention to the dialogue between the arts and sciences. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:21:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2012/09/art-and-neuroscience-state-of-the-union/comment-page-1/#comment-5695 Art and Neuroscience: a State of the Union – The Creativity Post | UNRULY HEARTS Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:58:23 +0000 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/?p=3776#comment-5695 [...] To begin, I will try try to identify a few lines of inquiry into the current dialogue between art and neuroscience, and to describe the angle of each line’s approach to that relationship. It’s most likely an incomplete outline, so please chime in with any additions you can think of in the comments section. This outline was the basis of my talking points at “This is Your Brain on Art,” a panel I sat on recently at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, NY (here’s a video of the event), and originally appeared in text form, before the event, over at my website The Beautiful Brain. [...] [...] To begin, I will try try to identify a few lines of inquiry into the current dialogue between art and neuroscience, and to describe the angle of each line’s approach to that relationship. It’s most likely an incomplete outline, so please chime in with any additions you can think of in the comments section. This outline was the basis of my talking points at “This is Your Brain on Art,” a panel I sat on recently at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, NY (here’s a video of the event), and originally appeared in text form, before the event, over at my website The Beautiful Brain. [...]

]]> http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2012/09/art-and-neuroscience-state-of-the-union/comment-page-1/#comment-5633 Changizi News « Changizi Blog Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:21:40 +0000 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/?p=3776#comment-5633 [...] Beautiful Brain [...] [...] Beautiful Brain [...]

]]> http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2012/09/art-and-neuroscience-state-of-the-union/comment-page-1/#comment-5629 James Showalter Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:31:01 +0000 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/?p=3776#comment-5629 I suggest a fourth approach: the artistic response to the implications of scientific advances in neurology (and related cognitive sciences, and philosophy), evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology. The implications are enormous, including the illusion of free will; the illusion of self; the evolutionary basis for all of the arts; the origins and definition of aesthetic culture as, possibly, memetic evolution; and the minimal role of rational thought in the creation and appreciation of art, a probability that questions nearly all of post-modernism and Conceptual art. This is the large field of inquiry I'm interested in, and write about, even as I attempt to incorporate it into my own writing of fiction -- not an easy thing to do. I suggest a fourth approach: the artistic response to the implications of scientific advances in neurology (and related cognitive sciences, and philosophy), evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology. The implications are enormous, including the illusion of free will; the illusion of self; the evolutionary basis for all of the arts; the origins and definition of aesthetic culture as, possibly, memetic evolution; and the minimal role of rational thought in the creation and appreciation of art, a probability that questions nearly all of post-modernism and Conceptual art. This is the large field of inquiry I’m interested in, and write about, even as I attempt to incorporate it into my own writing of fiction — not an easy thing to do.

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