Art: A Tail or a Song?
In his new book, The Aesthetic Brain, Anjan Chatterjee utilizes neuroscience and evolutionary psychology to explore three critical questions in the field of aesthetics: What is beauty? What is pleasure? What is art?
Anjan Chatterjee
Anjan Chatterjee is a Professor of Neurology, and a member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and the Center for Neuroscience and Society at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the President of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics and the President of the Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Society. His research focuses on spatial cognition, language, ethics, and aesthetics. His neurology practice focuses on patients with cognitive disorders.