Aesthetic Science
Connecting Minds, Brains, and Experience
Edited by Arthur P. Shimamura and Stephen E. Palmer
Author Information
Arthur P. Shimamura is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He investigates human memory and cognition using neuroimaging techniques and by studying individuals with memory disorders. Dr. Shimamura is a founding member of the Society for Cognitive Neuroscience, has been a scientific advisor for the San Francisco Exploratorium Science Museum, and received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship to explore art, aesthetics and brain.
Stephen E. Palmer, is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research and teaching focus is on visual perception, a topic closely related to his color photography. He is the author of Vision Science: Photons to Phenomenology, an advanced, interdisciplinary textbook on visual perception. He is currently working on a new book about color: Reversing the Rainbow: Reflections on Color and Consciousness.
Contributors:
Vincent Bergeron
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Noël Carroll
Distinguished Professor
Graduate Center of the City University of New York
New York, NY
Anjan Chatterjee
Professor of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gregory Currie
Professor of Philosophy
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
Howard Gardner
Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA
Blake Gopnik
Special Correspondent, Arts
Newsweek
New York, NY
Alumit Ishai
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Institute of Neuroradiology
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Ulrich Kirk
Human Neuroimaging Laboratory
Virginia Tech University
Carilion Research Institute
Roanoke, VA, USA and
Centre for Addition and Mental Health
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Paul J. Locher
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Montclair State University
Dominic McIver Lopes
Department of Philospophy
University of British Columbia
Bruce L. Miller
A.W. Clausen Distinguished Professor of Neurology
Director, Memory & Aging Center
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Zachary A. Miller
Clinical Instructor
UCSF Memory and Aging Center
Department of Neurology
San Francisco, CA
Margaret E. Moore
Post-doctoral Researcher
Philosophy Department
University of Leads
Leeds, UK
Stephen E. Palmer
Professor of the Graduate School
Psychology and Cognitive Science
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Director, Center for Brain and Cognition
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Rolf Reber
Professor of Cognitive Psychology
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway
Jonathan Sammartino
Lecturer
Psychology Department
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Elizabeth Seckel
UCSD Center for Brain and Cognition
San Diego, CA
William P. Seeley
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
Bates College
Lewiston, ME
Karen B. Schloss
Department of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Kimberly M. Sheridan
Assistant Professor
College of Education and Human Development and
College of Visual and Performing Arts
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Arthur P. Shimamura
Professor of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Paul J. Silvia
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
Murray Smith
Professor of Film Studies
Director of Research, Humanities
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent, UK