Dear FIS Colleagues, The cognizance between the art and cognitive neuroscience has been relatively ignored in the scientific fraternity. The recent proposition regarding the* ten laws of art*, as Dr. V. S. Ramachandran puts it, has ignited a new debate among the philosophers and the neuroscientists about neural correlates of art in its different forms.
Professor Ramachandran's suggested 10 universal laws of art: 1. Peak shift 2. Grouping 3. Contrast 4. Isolation 5. Perception problem solving 6. Symmetry 7. Abhorrence of coincidence/generic viewpoint 8. Repetition, rhythm and orderliness 9. Balance 10. Metaphor Ref: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/lecture3.shtml The tenets of the above 10 laws draws its profound inspiration from the theory of information flow and the conceptualisation of the perception in humans. Interestingly, some of these points dovetail with Lanham's proposal that Pedro mentions; but others are very different… This is my first posting to FIS. I am an Indian Neuroscientist pursuing doctoral research in Spain (land of Cajal!!!). Greetings to all. Sonu Bhaskar On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 6:00 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send fis mailing list submissions to > fis@listas.unizar.es > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of fis digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. The economics of Attention (Pedro C. Marijuan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:35:59 +0200 > From: "Pedro C. Marijuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Fis] The economics of Attention > To: fis <fis@listas.unizar.es> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Dear FIS colleagues, > > A new course has started, in which hopefully we will re-assume exciting > exchanges like in past months. > For a starter, let me mention one of the books I went through this > Summer: "The Economics of Attention" (Richard A. Lanham, Un. of Chicago > Press, 20006), I think it has not been cited in our discussions yet. > The book continues the very themes we recently approached but mostly > considered within the social realm. The author advocates a new theory of > human communication --displays of information, signals, motives, > attention structures, intellective oscillatory cycle, styles & > rhetorics, social exchange...). Overall, he has produced a stimulating > and fertile synthesis ---a possible path to communicate FIS stuff with > the social and "literary" reflections of today? Along the "disciplinary > shift" he proposes, arts and letters become central, as the disciplines > that study how attention is located and how cultural capital is traded. > Thus the letters and the sciences have changed place (together with > style vs. substance, design vs. engineering, rhetorics vs. philosophy...). > It is a real call of attention to those, like us, who are reflecting on > foundations for an integrated information perspective. > > best wishes > > Pedro > > *--------------------------------------------------------------------- > Pedro C. Marijuán* > Grupo de Bioinformación > * > Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud > Avda.* Gómez Laguna, 25, Pl. 11ª > 50.009 Zaragoza. España > Telf.: 34 976 71 3526 - Fax: 34 976 71 5554 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *---------------------------------------------------------------------* > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > fis mailing list > fis@listas.unizar.es > https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > > > End of fis Digest, Vol 518, Issue 5 > *********************************** > > -- Sonu Bhaskar Neurobiology Group Zaragoza University Hospital Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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