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The neural imagination : aesthetic and neuroscientific approaches to the arts
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The neural imagination : aesthetic and neuroscientific approaches to the arts

by Irving Massey

This study examines the intersection of neuroscience and aesthetics, comparing scientific methodology with humanistic approaches to art. It argues that brain science serves as a collaborator to artistic understanding rather than a replacement for the imagination.

Accession 3011 ISBN — Publisher University of Texas Press
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