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Detail of Mona Lisa, painted 1503-1505
by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

 

Project on Art, Entertainment, and Evolved Pedagogy
 

Theoretical background
 

2001-12-26 Aesthetics and Emotion in Entertainment Media, by Gerald C. Cupchik (pdf file)
2001-11-26 Review of Sassoon's Becoming Mona Lisa by Jonathan Keats
2001-08-29 Zeki on Artistic Creativity and the Brain (external Science article)
2001-08-26 Distance learning, simulation, and evolved psychology (outline)
2001-08-02 Short-term memory as a form of simulation (abstract)
2001-08-01 Blakemore & Decety on the understanding of intention (abstract)
2001-06-02 Ruby & Decety, The Neuroscience of Fictional Perspectives (pdf)
2001-05-30 Sex Differences in Children's Ranging Behavior (exchange)


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