I'm going to have only sporadic computer access for the next several days, so I won't have time to do much new posting. So I'm going to just copy and paste some of the more popular posts from the old blog. They are four posts on neuroaesthetics, particularly Ramachandran's 10 principles of art. Also, because we were talking about metaphor recently, I thought people might be interested in the posts I wrote way back when on theories of metaphor that are both more mainstream and better tested than anything cognitive linguistics has to offer. So I'll repost all of those as well. The first neuroaesthetics posts will come later today.
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Hello, Science Blogs readers. Many of you may be new to Mixing Memory, so I thought that for the first post at the new site, I would introduce myself a little. By a little, I mean a very little, because in case you hadn't noticed, I blog anonymously. Maybe that will change someday, but for the…
[First published on 1/22/05 at the old blog.]
Recall V.S. Ramachandran's 10 principles of art.
Peak shift
Perceptual Grouping and Binding
Contrast
Isolation
Perceptual problem solving
Symmetry
Abhorrence of coincidence/generic viewpoint
Repetition, rhythm and orderliness
Balance
Metaphor
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[First posted on 1/20/05 at the old blog]
With all the controversy surrounding the issues in my last few posts, I thought it would be refreshing to talk about something completely uncontroversial: the existence of universals in art based on neurological mechanisms. (That was a joke, people). I've…
[First published on 2/4/05 at the old blog.]
If you've read my two previous posts on Ramachandran's principles of art (here and here), you've probably got a good idea of what Ramachandran's concept of beauty is. While his 10 principles of art are concerned more with the production of art and the…