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Resources.

From books to podcasts, here is a place to find information about collaborations and work that showcase science and art as one fused discipline.

Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation.

Edwards, David A.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2008.

    BOOKS    
Touched With Fire

Jamison, Kay Redfield

Simon & Schuster Canada, 1996.

Books
Reductionism in Art and Brain Science

Bridging the Two Cultures

Kandel, Eric R. 

Columbia University Press, 2016.

The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain: From Vienna 1900 to the Present.

Kandel, Eric R.

New York: Random House, 2012.

Neuroarthistory: From Aristotle and Pliny to Baxandall and Zeki. 

Onians, John. 

New Haven: Yale UP, 2008.

The Art and Science of Portraiture

Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, and Jessica Hoffmann Davis.

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997. Print.

Splendors and Miseries of the Brain: Love, Creativity, and the Quest for Human Happiness

Zeki, Semir

Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.

European Art: A Neuroarthistory

Onians, John. 

New Haven: Yale UP, 2016.

Inner vision: An exploration of art and the brain. 

Zeki, Semir and Nash, John. 

Vol. 415. Oxford: Oxford university press, 1999.

    ACADEMIC JOURNALS    

Changeux, Jean-Pierre. “Art and Neuroscience.” Leonardo, vol. 27, no. 3, 1994, pp. 189–201. http://0-www.jstor.org.mercury.concordia.ca/stable/1576051.

 

Fissler, P., Kolassa, I.T., Schrader, C. (2015) Educational games for brain health: revealing their unexplored potential through a neurocognitive approach. Frontiers in psychology, 6:1056.

 

Hasson, Uri, et al. "Neurocinematics: The neuroscience of film." Projections 2.1 (2008): 1-26.

 

Hodel, Corinne et al. “The Electric Retina: An Interplay of Media Art and Neuroscience.” Leonardo, vol. 43, no. 3, 2010, pp. 263–267. http://0-www.jstor.org.mercury.concordia.ca/stable/40661661.

 

Holmes, R. "Science fiction: The science that fed Frankenstein. Richard Holmes ponders the discoveries that inspired the young Mary Shelley to write her classic, 200 years ago." Nature. Jul 28th, 2016. Vol. 535. pp 490-492.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v535/n7613/pdf/535490a.pdf

 

Huang, Mengfei. "The neuroscience of art." Stanford Journal of Neuroscience 2.1 (2009): 24-26. http://web.stanford.edu/group/co-sign/Huang.pdf

 

James, S. "Science Journals: The worlds of H.G. Wells. Simon J.James looks back at the richly varied contribution of science-fiction writer and science popularizer." Nature. Sept 8th, 2016, Vol. 537. pp. 162-164.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v537/n7619/pdf/537162a.pdf

 

Mulrooney, S. "Art-science collaborations: Change of Perspective. Pick up a lump of clay or stare at Leonardo water drawing - your science, not just your frame of mine, will benefit from it." Nature, Sept 1st, 2016. vol. 537, pp. 125 
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2016/160901/pdf/nj7618-125a.pdf

Gray, A. "Try catch throw." Nature. Sept 8th, 2016. Vol. 537. pp 259-270.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v537/n7619/pdf/537259a.pdf

 

Perkowitz, S. "Science fiction: Boldly going for 50 years. Sidney Perkowitz scans the impacts of Star Trek on science, technology, and society." Nature. Sept 8th, 2016. Vol 537. pp. 165-166.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v537/n7619/pdf/537165a.pdf

 

Seeley, W. P. "Art, meaning, and perception: a question of methods for a cognitive neuroscience of art." The British Journal of Aesthetics 53.4 (2013): 443-460. http://bjaesthetics.oxfordjournals.org/content/53/4/443.full.pdf+html

 

Seeley, William P. "What Is the Cognitive Neuroscience of Art... and Why Should We Care?." Newsletter of the American Society for Aesthetics 31 (2011): 1-4. http://www.peiresc.org/DINER/NEUROESTHETIQUE.pdf

 

Wurzman, R., Yaden, D., Giordano, J. (2016) Neuroscience Fiction As Eidola: Social Reflection And Neuroethical Obligations In Depictions Of Neuroscience In Film. Cambridge Quarterly of healthcare ethics: CQ: the international journal of healthcare ethics committees:1‐21.

Academic Journals
   NEWS ARTICLES    

Bain, Tammy. “Brown Bag: Painter mixes art, science.” North Platte Telegraph. October 19, 2016. http://www.nptelegraph.com/news/local_news/brown-bag-painter-mixes-art-science/article_79ad6246-95b7-11e6-a79f-a3383639f6cd.html

 

Chatterjee, Anjan. “Neuroaesthetics: Researchers unravel the biology of beauty and art.” The Scientist. May 1, 2014. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/39802/title/Neuroaesthetics/

 

Crow, Kelly. “Artist Lia Chavez Lends Her Mind to Science.” The Wall Street Journal. October 18, 2016. http://www.wsj.com/articles/artist-lia-chavez-lends-her-mind-to-science-1476799598

 

“Exploring the Intersection of Neuroscience and Art: Four Works by Art-Science Research Fellow Lia Min.” Life Sciences Institute - University of Michigan. May 30, 2014. http://www.lsi.umich.edu/exploring-the-intersection-of-neuroscience-and-art

 

Fernandez, Matthew. “Environmental lab explores intersection of art, science.” Daily Bruin. October 19, 2016. https://dailybruin.com/2016/10/19/environmental-lab-explores-intersection-of-art-science/

 

Franz, Julia. “What happens in our brains when we look at art?” Public Radio International – Studio 360. October 22, 2016. http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-10-22/what-happens-our-brains-when-we-look-art

 

Hutton, Noah. “Art and Neuroscience: a State of the Union.” The Creativity Post. October 10, 2012. http://www.creativitypost.com/arts/art_and_neuroscience_a_state_of_the_union

 

Joseph, Nancy. “This is Your Brain on Art.” Perspectives Newsletter – College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington. December 2013. https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2013-12/your-brain-art

 

Landau, Elizabeth. “What the brain draws from: Art and neuroscience.” CNN. September 15, 2012. http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/15/health/art-brain-mind/

 

Onians, John & Eric Fernie. “Neuro Ways of Seeing.” Tate Etc. issue 13: Summer 2008. http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/neuro-ways-seeing

 

Rachel. “Does the Science Community Have a Responsibility to Defend Artistic Education?” October 26, 2016. Art X Neuroscience: Public Engagement in Art and Science. http://axnscollective.org/does-the-science-community-have-a-responsibility-to-defend-artistic-education/

 

Stern, Kelsey. “Science intersects with art in experimental illustrator’s work.” Daily Bruin. February 3, 2016. http://dailybruin.com/2016/02/03/science-intersects-with-art-in-experimental-illustrators-work/

 

Tyler, Christopher W. "The human expression of symmetry: art and neuroscience." ICUS Symmetry Symposium, Seoul. 2000. XXII ICUS Session, Smith Kettlewell Institute Webstie. http://legacy.ski.org/CWTyler_lab/CWTyler/Art%20Investigations/Composition/Symmetry/Symmetry.html

News Articles

Affecting Perception Exhibition, 2-31 March 2013, O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle, Oxford OX1 1AY

http://axnscollective.org/affecting-perception/

http://axnscollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WT100422MA-Exhibition-leaflet.pdf

 

Jae-yeon, Woo. “Artist Cody Choi finds beauty, art in frustration.” Yonhap News Agency. October 27, 2016. http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2016/10/27/0200000000AEN20161027009900315.html

 

Taylor, Ashley P. “Double Take: Science-Inspired Art.” The Scientist. October 24, 2016. Pace University, New York City. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/47329/title/Double-Take--Science-Inspired-Art/

    EXHIBITIONS    
Exhibitions

 

Antoniades, Chrystalina. “Thinking About the Brain: The Art of Seeing.” Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. February 12, 2015. 0:11:31. http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/art-seeing

 

Humphreys, Glyn. “Thinking About the Brain: Half a World: What unilateral neglect tells us about space and the brain.” Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. February 12, 2015. 0:17:00. http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/half-world-what-unilateral-neglect-tells-us-about-space-and-brain

 

Kennard, Christopher. “Thinking About the Brain: Art, Illusions and the Visual Brain.” Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. February 12, 2015. 0:25:53. http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/art-illusions-and-visual-brain

    PODCASTS    
Podcasts
    WEBSITES & PROJECTS    

Art X Neuroscience: Public Engagement in Art and Science, http://axnscollective.org/

 

Art & Neuroscience Project: Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/get-involved/public-engagement/art-and-neuroscience-project

 

Art-Neuro UK: https://artneuro.co.uk

Brains: The Mind as Matter: https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/brains‐mind-matter

 

NeuroBureau: http://www.neurobureau.org/galleries/brainart/

 

Nuromyth (Left-brain/right-brain?): https://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/neuromyth6.htm

Websites & Projects
    VIDEO    

Neuromania & Darwinitis, by Prof. Raymond Tallis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5baL9oh430

Video
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