Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics | Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)

Event Date (Pacific Time):

Friday, Mar 20, 2009 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm

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Media for each talk can be played by clicking on icons in the table below, or by clicking on the individual talk titles below and then the attachment file at the bottom of the page.

Speakers	Session	Media
Jean-Pierre Changeux Ajit Varki	Opening Remarks
Jean-Pierre Changeux	Rules and Constraints of Artistic Creation: The Neurobiologist Viewpoint
Antonio Damasio	Art and Emotions
Helen Fisher	Art, Emotion and Romantic Love
Jean-Jacques Hublin	Neanderthal Art
Randall White	Paleolithic Art
Ajit Varki	Announcements/San Diego Science Festival
Patricia Kuhl	Aesthetics and the Infant Mind
Isabelle Peretz	The Emotional Power of Music
Daniel Povinelli	A Critical Analysis of Claims for the Production of Art by other Animals
Margaret Schoeninger	Closing Remarks
V.S. Ramachandran	Aesthetic Universals and the Neurology of Art