The Fine Arts, Neurology, and Neuroscience: New Discoveries and Changing Landscapes

Content: 
Series Page
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Page v

Preface
Pages vii-viii
Stanley Finger, Dahlia W. Zaidel, François Boller, Julien Bogousslavsky

Chapter 1 - Split-brain, the right hemisphere, and art: Fact and fiction
Pages 3-17
Dahlia W. Zaidel

Chapter 2 - Visual artistic creativity and the brain
Pages 19-43
Kenneth M. Heilman, Lealani Mae Acosta

Chapter 3 - Artistic creativity, artistic production, and aging
Pages 45-69
Anna Mazzucchi, Elena Sinforiani, François Boller

Chapter 4 - Focal cerebral lesions and painting abilities
Pages 71-98
Anna Mazzucchi, Elena Sinforiani, François Boller

Chapter 5 - Artistic creativity and dementia
Pages 99-112
Zachary A. Miller, Bruce L. Miller

Chapter 6 - Deceiving the brain: Pictures and visual perception
Pages 115-134
Nicholas J. Wade

Chapter 7 - The experience of art: Insights from neuroimaging
Pages 135-158
Marcos Nadal

Chapter 8 - On the electrophysiology of aesthetic processing
Pages 159-168
Thomas Jacobsen

Chapter 9 - Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Exploring neuroscience, nature, and nurture in the novel and the films
Pages 169-190
Sheryl R. Ginn

Chapter 10 - Perception of emotion in abstract artworks: A multidisciplinary approach
Pages 191-216
David Melcher, Francesca Bacci

Chapter 11 - Art and brain: The relationship of biology and evolution to art
Pages 217-233
Dahlia W. Zaidel

Index
Pages 235-241

Other volumes in PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH
Pages 243-245