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

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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	Media	Session
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