tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post110758094906198604..comments2024-03-08T04:09:09.836-06:00Comments on Mixing Memory: The Cognitive Science of Art: Beauty and the BrainChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1166500520508841132006-12-18T21:55:00.000-06:002006-12-18T21:55:00.000-06:00Twice in my life I have experienced beauty in that...Twice in my life I have experienced beauty in that something has come into my view that could be felt (rather than seen) as powerful emotion, beginning as sort of shock in the heart and then spreading through my whole being as a sense of great awe and wonderment. I think true beauty can only be felt not thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1122578864208373492005-07-28T14:27:00.000-05:002005-07-28T14:27:00.000-05:00Hah! there's actually a very good book on cognitiv...Hah! there's actually a very good book on cognitive neuroscience titled The New Phrenology.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1122574731698275432005-07-28T13:18:00.000-05:002005-07-28T13:18:00.000-05:00very nice critique. i feel that the chance that th...very nice critique. i feel that the chance that there would be a separate functionally specialized module for 'aesthetic pleasure' is remote : the very search for one is a somewhat scary reminder of the bad old days of phrenology, where people went upto the extent of localising almost everything, including e.g.'paternal instinct'.Bhisma Chakrabartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013191551868825679noreply@blogger.com