Francis F. Steen
Communication Studies, UCLA
An Adaptationist Framework for a Cognitive Theory of Art

In the speaker series on Art and the Mind
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Getty Special Project on Cognition, Brain, and Art

Part I: Art as Self-construction
CASBS, 6 September 2001
The Powerpoint presentation is available to members of the Getty special project on request.

Part II: Cognitive Functions of Paleolithic Art
CASBS, 19 September 2001

Sound files of the presentation

Segment 1  |  Segment 2  |  Segment 3  |  Segment 4  |  Segment 5
Questions and Answers

These sound files are very large (4 to 5 megabytes) -- they are convenient only through a broadband connection. Each file contains about ten minutes of the talk.

To listen to the files, click on a link. If you are asked whether you want to view the file from its current location or download it, select "open from the current location." Your media player should start up automatically and play the file (the file format is mp3). You can of course also download the files, save them on your hard drive, and listen to them later.

If you have difficulties accessing the sound files, please contact

Francis Steen <steen@commstds.ucla.edu>

The full Powerpoint presentation is also available on request.