Neuroaesthetics Reading List

AESTHETIC SCIENCE 

Aesthetic Science: Connecting Minds, Brains and Experiences – edited by Arthur Shimamura & Stephen Palmer 

The Aesthetic Brain – by Anjan Chatterjee

CREATIVITY 

Flow: The classic work on how to achieve happiness – by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  

SEISMA Magazine - https://seismamag.com

The Cambridge Handbook of the Neuroscience of Creativity – edited by Rex Jung & Oshin Vartanian 

DANCE

The Neurocognition of Dance: Mind, Movement and Motor Skills – edited by Bettina Bläsing, Martin Puttke & Thomas Schack

FILM

Neuroscience Fiction – by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga 

LITERATURE 

How Literature Plays with the Brain: The Neuroscience of Reading and Art - by Paul B. Armstrong 

Stories and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Narrative - by Paul B. Armstrong 

THEATRE 

Audience Participation in Theatre – by Gareth White 

Building a Character - Constantin Stanislavski

Masks or Faces a Study in the Psychology of Acting - by William Archer

Theatre and Cognitive Neuroscience – edited by Clelia Falletti Gabriele Sofia & Victor Jacono

The Science of Acting – by Sam Kogan edited by Helen Kogan