Neuropsychology of Art : Neurological, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Perspectives (Hardcover, 2 ed)

1. Approaches to the neuropsychology of art 2. The effects of brain damage in established artists 3. The eye and brain in artist and viewer: alterations in vision and color perception 4. Special visual artists: the effects of savant autism and slow brain atrophy on art production and creativity 5. Musical art and brain damage I: established composers 6. Musical art and brain damage II: performing and listening to music 7. Artists and viewers: components of perception and cognition in visual art 8. Neuropsychological considerations of drawing and seeing pictures 9. Beauty, pleasure, and emotions: reactions to art works 10. Biology, human brain evolution, and the early emergence of art 11. Further considerations: Talent, creativity, imagination 12. Conclusion and the future of the neuropsychology of art