Toward an Integrative Approach of Cognitive Neuroscientific and Evolutionary Psychological Studies of Art

This paper examines explanations for human artistic behavior in two reductionist research programs, cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary psychology. Despite their different methodological outlooks, both approaches converge on an explanation of art production and appreciation as byproducts of norm...

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Main Authors: Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-10-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491000800411