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Artistic understanding as embodied simulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2013

Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.
Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.*
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Department of Psychology, University of California–Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. gibbs@ucsc.edu
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Abstract

Bullot & Reber (B&R) correctly include historical perspectives into the scientific study of art appreciation. But artistic understanding always emerges from embodied simulation processes that incorporate the ongoing dynamics of brains, bodies, and world interactions. There may not be separate modes of artistic understanding, but a continuum of processes that provide imaginative simulations of the artworks we see or hear.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 143 - 144
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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