by Richard Gleaves

Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics
A Free Public Symposium

@ The Salk Institute
March 20, 2009, 1-5 pm

Sponsored by the Salk/UCSD Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)

• Rules and Constraints of Artistic Creation: The Neurobiologist Viewpoint. Jean-Pierre Changeux (Pasteur Institute).

• Art and Emotions. Antonio Damasio (USC).

• Art, Emotion and Romantic Love. Helen Fisher (Rutgers University).

• Neanderthal Art. Jean-Jaques Hublin (Max Planck Institute).

• Paleolithic Art. Randall White (New York University).

• Aesthetics in Bird Song and Human Development. Patricia Kuhl (University of Washington).

• The Emotional Power of Music. Isabelle Peretz (University of Montreal).

• A Critical Analysis of Claims for the Production of Art by other Animals. Daniel Povinelli (University of Louisiana).

• Aesthetic Universals and the Neurology of Art. Vilyanur S. Ramachandran (UCSD).
  

For more information contact:
Amy Patterson
(858) 246-0848
apatterson@ucsd.edu