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Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics
Start Date: 3/20/2009
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Event Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Title: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics
Location: The Salk Institute
Event Category: Conference/Meetings/Workshops
Sponsor: Salk/UCSD Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)
Open to Public: YES
Admission Cost: Free
Contact Name: Amy Patterson
Contact Phone: (858) 246-0848 Ext.
Contact Email: apatterson@ucsd.edu
Description: A Public Symposium Sponsored by the Salk/UCSD Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA):

- Rules and Constraints of Artistic Creation: The Neurobiologist Viewpoint. Speaker: Jean-Pierre Changeux (Pasteur Institute). - Art and Emotions. Speaker: Antonio Damasio (USC). -

Art, Emotion and Romantic Love. by Helen Fisher (Rutgers University). -

Neanderthal Art. Speaker: Jean-Jaques Hublin (Max Planck Institute). -

Paleolithic Art. Speaker: Randall White (New York University). -

Aesthetics in Bird Song and Human Development. Speaker: Patricia Kuhl -(University of Washington). -

The Emotional Power of Music. Speaker: Isabelle Peretz (University of Montreal). -

A Critical Analysis of Claims for the Production of Art by other Animals. Speaker: Daniel Povinelli (University of Louisiana). -

Aesthetic Universals and the Neurology of Art. Speaker: Vilyanur S. Ramachandran (UCSD).

 
 
 
 

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