Joseph P. Huston

Marcos Nadal

Mora Teruel Mora

Luigi Francesco Agnati

Camilo José Cela Conde

Humans have engaged in artistic and aesthetic activities since the appearance of our species. Our ancestors have decorated their bodies, tools, and utensils for over 100,000 years. The expression of meaning using color, line, sound, rhythm, or movement, among other means, constitutes a fundamental aspect of our species' biological and cultural heritage. Art and aesthetics, therefore, contribute to our species identity and distinguish it from its living and extinctrelatives. This volume brings together the work on such questions by leading experts in genetics, psychology, neuroimaging, neuropsychology, art history, and philosophy. It sets the stagefor a cognitive neuroscience of art and aesthetics, understood in the broadest possible terms. With sections on visual art, dance, music, neuropsychology, and evolution, the breadth of this volume's scope reflects the richness and variety of topics and methods currently used today by scientists to understand the way our brain endows us with the faculty to produce and appreciate art and aesthetics.

Art, Aesthetics, and the Brain

Francisco Mora

Carl V. Gisolfi

Professor of Human Physiology Francisco Mora

Francisco Mora Teruel

Louise Gisolfi

The book traces the story of the brain throughout evolution and shows how the control of body temperature as a survival mechanism was achieved.

Survival, Temperature, and the Human Body

The Hot Brain

Mora Teruel Mora

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