Joseph P. Huston is Professor of Physiological Psychology at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. Joseph has published more than 400 books and scientific articles in areas of behavioral neurosciences with a focus on brain mechanisms of addiction, memory, and reward. He is chief editor of the journals Behavioural Brain Research and Reviews in the Neurosciences, and the book series Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience.

Marcos Nadal is Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology of the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. His main research focuses on the evolution, neural correlates, and function of cognitive and affective processes involved in aesthetic preference and art appreciation, as well as moral judgment and metaphoric language.

Francisco Mora is Professor of Human Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain. He has written numerous articles for scientific journals including Science and Nature and several books, among them The Hot Brain and Neurocultura.

Luigi F. Agnati is Professor of Human Physiology at the University of Modena, Italy, and Adjunct Professor at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, where he received the Honoris Causa Degree in Medicine. He has published more than 620 papers in refereed international journals and seven textbooks.

Camilo J. Cela-Conde is Emeritus Professor of the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. His publications include On Genes, Gods and Tyrants, Human Evolution: Trails from the Past (with Francisco J. Ayala) and Processes in Human Evolution: The Journey from Early Hominins to Neandertals and Modern Humans (with Francisco J. Ayala).

Francisco Mora
William P. Seeley
Kirill Fayn and Paul J. Silvia
Helmut Leder, Gernot Gerger and David Brieber
Christoph Klein and Raphael Rosenberg
Spas Getov and Joel S. Winston
Robert Pepperell and Alumit Ishai
Ulrich Kirk and David Freedberg
Oshin Vartanian
Emily S. Cross
Beatriz Calvo-Merino
Julia F. Christensen and Corinne Jola
Kathleen A. Corrigall and E. Glenn Schellenberg
Moritz Lehne and Stefan Koelsch
Elvira Brattico
Marcus T. Pearce
Anjan Chatterjee
Indre Viskontas and Suzee Lee
Dahlia W. Zaidel
Gesche Westphal-Fitch and W. Tecumseh Fitch
Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco Ayala
Luigi F. Agnati, Diego Guidolin, and Kjell Fuxe
Edmund T. Rolls
Alexander J. Huston and Joseph P. Huston
Barbara G. Goodrich

"Humans are the only species to create art objects and manipulate their physical surroundings in order to elicit aesthetics experiences. Why is this the case? How do we do it? What kind of psychological and neurobiological mechanisms are responsible for this unique behavior? A growing number of psychologists, neurobiologists, and evolutionary biologists have, in recent years, begun unearthing answers to these tantalizing questions. This superbly curated book, which collects state of the art chapters on this research, will give the reader the best currently available introduction to our understanding of why Homo sapiens is the aesthetic species." -- Martin Skov, Copenhagen Business School and Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark

"Art, Aesthetics, and the Brain takes readers to the provocative quest where art and science interlace to unravel the human mind. This book is a fascinating convergence of recent research findings in art, humanities, psychology, and neurobiology that is also a pleasure to read." -- Tomohiro Ishizu, Research Fellow, University College London, UK

"This book is unmatched in its range of coverage, with multichapter sections on visual art, dance, and musicreaders looking for comprehensive contemporary coverage of topics in individual chapters will not be disappointed." -- Aaron Kozbelt, Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture

"Written by the leading researchers in the fields of psychology, neurophysiology, neuroimaging, aesthetics, and philosophy, this book would serve the needs of anyone from graduate students to well-informed and practicing researchers in various disciplines. It is indeed a real tribute to editors and contributors in bringing neuroscience terminology closer to a wider audience." -- Jasmina Stevanov, Perception

"An interesting, timely, and provocative book" -- Choice