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Augustin, M. D., Defranceschi, B., Fuchs, H. K., Carbon, C. C., & Hutzler, F. (2011). The neural time course of art perception: An ERP study on the processing of style versus content in art . Neuropsychologia, 49(7), 2071-2081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.03.038

Aviv, V. (2014). What does the brain tell us about abstract art?.  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 85. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00085

Aziz-Zadeh, L., Liew, S. L., & Dandekar, F. (2013). Exploring the neural correlates of visual creativity.  Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8(4), 475-480.  https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nss021

Balconi, M., Kopis, N., & Angioletti, L. (2020). Does aesthetic judgment on face attractiveness affect neural correlates of empathy for pain? A fNIRS study. Experimental Brain Research, 238(9), 2067-2076. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-05867-y

Bhattacharya, J., & Petsche, H. (2005). Drawing on mind's canvas: Differences in cortical integration patterns between artists and non‐artists. Human Brain Mapping, 26(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.20104

Bolwerk, A., Mack-Andrick, J., Lang, F. R., Dörfler, A., & Maihöfner, C. (2014). How art changes your brain: Differential effects of visual art production and cognitive art evaluation on functional brain connectivity.  PloS one, 9(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101035

Boccia, M., Barbetti, S., Piccardi, L., Guariglia, C., Ferlazzo, F., Giannini, A. M., & Zaidel, D. W. (2016). Where does brain neural activation in aesthetic responses to visual art occur? Meta-analytic evidence from neuroimaging studies . Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 60, 65-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.09.009

Brattico, E., Brusa, A., Dietz, M. J., Jacobsen, T., Fernandes, H., Gaggero, G., ... & Proverbio, A. M. (2020). Beauty and the brain: Investigating the neural and musical attributes of beauty during a naturalistic music listening experience. bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.31.363283

British Broadcasting and Communications (BBS). (2013). Brain and beauty: What makes us fall in love with art? [video] ( 3:21 minutes). https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-21377626/brain-and-beauty-what-makes-us-fall-in-love-with-art

Brown, S., & Dissanayake, E. (2009). The arts are more than aesthetics: Neuroaesthetics as narrow aesthetics. In M. Skov, O. Vartanian, C. Martindale, & A. Berleant’s (Eds.) Neuroaesthetics. Routledge.

Brown, E. D., Garnett, M. L., Velazquez-Martin, B. M., & Mellor, T. J. (2018). The art of Head Start: Intensive arts integration associated with advantage in school readiness for economically disadvantaged children.  Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 45, 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.12.002

Bullot, N. J. (2019). A psychohistorical philosophy for the science of the arts. In On art and science (pp. 223-245). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27577-8_14

Burke, M. (2015). The neuroaesthetics of prose fiction: pitfalls, parameters and prospects.  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 442. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00442

Campbell, M., Decker, K. P., Kruk, K., & Deaver, S. P. (2016). Art therapy and cognitive processing therapy for combat-related PTSD: A randomized controlled trial. Art Therapy, 33(4), 169-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2016.1226643

Cattaneo, Z. (2020). Neural correlates of visual aesthetic appreciation: insights from non-invasive brain stimulation. Experimental Brain Research, 238(1), 1-16. ttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-019-05685-x

Cela-Conde, C. J., & Ayala, F. J. (2018). Art and brain coevolution . In Progress in brain research (Vol. 237, pp. 41-60). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2018.03.013

Chabin, T., Gabriel, D., Chansophonkul, T., Michelant, L., Joucla, C., Haffen, E., ... & Pazart, L. (2020). Cortical patterns of pleasurable musical chills revealed by high-density EEG. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14, 1114. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.565815

Chatterjee, A., & Vartanian, O. (2016). Neuroscience of aesthetics . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1369(1), 172-194. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13035

Cheever, T., Taylor, A., Finkelstein, R., Edwards, E., Thomas, L., Bradt, J., ... & Tottenham, N. (2018). NIH/Kennedy Center Workshop on Music and the Brain: finding harmony. Neuron, 97(6), 1214-1218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.02.004

Cheng, Q., Cui, X., Lin, J., Weng, X., & Mo, L. (2020). Neural correlates of moral goodness and moral beauty judgments. Brain Research, 1726, 146534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146534

Chuan-Peng, H., Huang, Y., Eickhoff, S. B., Peng, K., & Sui, J. (2020). Seeking the “beauty center” in the brain: A meta-analysis of fMRI studies of beautiful human faces and visual art. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 20(6), 1200-1215. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-020-00827-z

Chong, C. Y. J. (2015). Why art psychotherapy? Through the lens of interpersonal neurobiology: The distinctive role of art psychotherapy intervention for clients with early relational trauma. International Journal of Art Therapy, 20(3), 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/17454832.2015.1079727

Christensen, J. F., & Gomila, A. (2018). The arts and the brain: Psychology and physiology beyond pleasure. Academic Press. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0TxbDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Progress+in+Brain+Research:+The+Arts+and+The+Brain+Christensen+and+Gomila&ots=mVwZlyXhj-&sig=Sn2VvA7uTqWd1N-EnAQZux7gjmM#v=onepage&q=Progress%20in%20Brain%20Research%3A%20The%20Arts%20and%20The%20Brain%20Christensen%20and%20Gomila&f=false

Christensen, J. F., & Gomila, A. (2018). Introduction: Art and the brain: From pleasure to well-being. Progress in Brain Research, 237, 2018,  xxvii-xlvi. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6123(18)30032-3

Coccagna, M., Avanzini, P., Portera, M., Vecchiato, G., Fabbri Destro, M., Alessandro, S. V., ... & Mazzacane, S. (2020). Neuroaesthetics of art vision: an experimental approach to the sense of beauty. http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2418667

Cohen, M. H., Carton, A. M., Hardy, C. J., Golden, H. L., Clark, C. N., Fletcher, P. D., ... & Crutch, S. J. (2016). Processing emotion from abstract art in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Neuropsychologia, 81, 245-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.12.031

Conway, B. R., & Rehding, A. (2013). Neuroaesthetics and the trouble with beauty . PLoS Biol, 11(3), e1001504. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001504

Contreras-Vidal, J. L., Robleto, D., & Cruz-Garza, J. G. (2019). Towards a roadmap for neuroaesthetics . In Mobile brain-body imaging and the neuroscience of art, innovation and creativity (pp. 215-220). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24326-5_25

Correa-Herran, I., Aleem, H., & Grzywacz, N. M. (2020). Evolution of neuroaesthetic variables in portrait paintings throughout the renaissance. Entropy, 22(2), 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/e22020146

Cowen, A. S., Fang, X., Sauter, D., & Keltner, D. (2020). What music makes us feel: At least 13 dimensions organize subjective experiences associated with music across different cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(4), 1924-1934. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910704117

Czamanski-Cohen, J., & Weihs, K. L. (2016). The bodymind model: A platform for studying the mechanisms of change induced by art therapy.  The Arts in Psychotherapy, 51, 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2016.08.006

Demarin, V., Roje Bedeković, M., Bosnar Puretić, M., & Bošnjak Pašić, M. (2016). Arts, brain and cognition.  Psychiatria Danubina, 28(4), 343-348.

Eating, H.  (2019). Participating in the arts creates paths to healthy aging. [website]. National Aging Institute. https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/participating-arts-creates-paths-healthy-aging#:~:text=Research%20on%20music%2C%20theater%2C%20dance,stress%20and%20increased%20social%20interaction.

Egermann, H., & Reuben, F. (2020). “Beauty is how you feel inside”: Aesthetic judgments are related to emotional responses to contemporary music. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2959. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.510029

Eskine, K. J., Kacinik, N. A., & Prinz, J. J. (2012). Stirring images: fear, not happiness or arousal, makes art more sublime . Emotion, 12(5), 1071. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027200

Fairhall, S. L., & Ishai, A. (2008). Neural correlates of object indeterminacy in art compositions.  Consciousness and Cognition, 17(3), 923-932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2007.07.005

Gallace, A., & Spence, C. (2011). Tactile aesthetics: towards a definition of its characteristics and neural correlates . Social Semiotics, 21(4), 569-589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2007.07.005

Gantt, L., & Tinnin, L. W. (2009). Support for a neurobiological view of trauma with implications for art therapy.  The Arts in Psychotherapy, 36(3), 148-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2008.12.005

Gibson, D. (2018). A visual conversation with trauma: Visual journaling in art therapy to combat vicarious trauma . Art Therapy, 35(2), 99-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2018.1483166

Grassi, E., & Aguggia, M. (2020). Beauty and the brain: Neuroaesthetics.  In Brain and art (pp. 19-25). Springer, Cham. , https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23580-2_3

Greene, M. L., & Sawilowsky, S. (2018). Integrating the arts into Head Start classrooms produces positive impacts on kindergarten readiness. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 45, 215-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.01.003

Hamilton, A., & Pearson, L. (Eds.). (2020). The aesthetics of imperfection in music and the arts: Spontaneity, flaws and the unfinished. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Kx75DwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR3&dq=aesthetics+of+music&ots=EefgSxFtsA&sig=SH1aI6fJ4cj5gqokIUKLWUs1sXs#v=onepage&q=aesthetics%20of%20music&f=false

Herrera-Arcos, G., Tamez-Duque, J., Acosta-De-Anda, E. Y., Kwan-Loo, K., De-Alba, M., Tamez-Duque, U., ... & Soto, R. (2017). Modulation of neural activity during guided viewing of visual art. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 581. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00581

Hu, C. P., Huang, Y., Eickhoff, S. B., Peng, K., Sui, J., & Peng, K. (2016). Shared neural basis for experiencing the beauty of human faces and visual art: Evidence from a meta-analysis of fMRI studies. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/081539

Huotilainen, M., Rankanen, M., Groth, C., Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, P., & Mäkelä, M. (2018). Why our brains love arts and crafts.  FormAkademisk-forskningstidsskrift for design og designdidaktikk, 11(2). DOI: 10.7577/formakademisk.1908

Huston, J. P., Nadal, M., Mora, F., Agnati, L. F., & Conde, C. J. C. (Eds.). (2015). Art, aesthetics, and the brain.  Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=kYzaCQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Huston,+J.+P.,+Nadal,+M.,+Mora,+F.,+Agnati,+L.+F.,+%26+Conde,+C.+J.+C.+(Eds.).+(2015).+Art,+aesthetics,+and+the+brain.++Oxford,+UK:+Oxford+University+Press.&ots=NGSKdglURa&sig=2RM3QoOjP7_dusFyp-k3qgZrhcY#v=onepage&q=Huston%2C%20J.%20P.%2C%20Nadal%2C%20M.%2C%20Mora%2C%20F.%2C%20Agnati%2C%20L.%20F.%2C%20%26%20Conde%2C%20C.%20J.%20C.%20(Eds.).%20(2015).%20Art%2C%20aesthetics%2C%20and%20the%20brain.%20%20Oxford%2C%20UK%3A%20Oxford%20University%20Press.&f=false

Iigaya, K., O’Doherty, J. P., & Starr, G. G. (2020). Progress and promise in neuroaesthetics. Neuron, 108(4), 594-596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.10.022

Jones, J. P., Walker, M. S., Drass, J. M., & Kaimal, G. (2018). Art therapy interventions for active duty military service members with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.  International Journal of Art Therapy, 23(2), 70-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/17454832.2017.1388263

Kandel, E. (2016). This is your brain on art. [video] (5:33 minutes). The Scientist https://www.the-scientist.com/videos/this-is-your-brain-on-art-32916

Kawabata, H., & Zeki, S. (2004). Neural correlates of beauty.  Journal of Neurophysiology, 91(4), 1699-1705. Kawabata, H., & Zeki, S. (2004). Neural correlates of beauty.  Journal of Neurophysiology, 91(4), 1699-1705. doi: 10.1152/jn.00696.2003

Kedia, G., Mussweiler, T., Mullins, P., & Linden, D. E. (2014). The neural correlates of beauty comparison. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9(5), 681-688. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nst026

Khalilifar, M., Tajbakhsh, E., & Doroodgarian, F. (2020). The aesthetics of music and composition in the pieces “Dashti” and “Bayat-e Esfahan”. Journal of Literary Criticism and Rhetoric, 8(2), 79-98. doi:10.22059/JLCR.2020.74938

Kip, K. E., Hernandez, D. F., Shuman, A., Witt, A., Diamond, D. M., Davis, S., ... & Witt, S. (2015). Comparison of accelerated resolution therapy (ART) for treatment of symptoms of PTSD and sexual trauma between civilian and military adults . Military medicine, 180(9), 964-971. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00307

Kirsch, L. P., Urgesi, C., & Cross, E. S. (2016). Shaping and reshaping the aesthetic brain: Emerging perspectives on the neurobiology of embodied aesthetics. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 62, 56-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.12.005

Kogan, G. (2018). Neural networks: @ ITP-NYU :: 02 Neural networks. [video] (2:32:13 minutes). YouTube. https://youtu.be/FYqsA2B-jKE

Kogan, G. (2018). Neural networks: @ ITP-NYU :: 04 Neural networks. [video] (2:38:02 minutes).  YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOZYCuDvJ3I&ab_channel=GeneKogan

Kongkasuwan, R., Voraakhom, K., Pisolayabutra, P., Maneechai, P., Boonin, J., & Kuptniratsaikul, V. (2016). Creative art therapy to enhance rehabilitation for stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 30(10), 1016-1023. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215515607072

Kowatari, Y., Lee, S. H., Yamamura, H., Nagamori, Y., Levy, P., Yamane, S., & Yamamoto, M. (2009). Neural networks involved in artistic creativity. Human Brain Mapping, 30(5), 1678-1690. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.20633

Kontson, K., Megjhani, M., Brantley, J. A., Cruz-Garza, J. G., Nakagome, S., Robleto, D., ... & Contreras-Vidal, J. L. (2015). ‘Your brain on art’: Emergent cortical dynamics during aesthetic experiences. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 626. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00626

Kouvelas, E. D. (2019). Neurobiological and anthropological aspects of neuroaesthetics. The Capital of Knowledge. Proceedings of the First International Congress, May 30-Jun 1, 2019, Athens Greece. European Association of Professors Emeriti.

Kühn, S., & Gallinat, J. (2012). The neural correlates of subjective pleasantness. Neuroimage, 61(1), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.02.065

Lacey, S., Hagtvedt, H., Patrick, V. M., Anderson, A., Stilla, R., Deshpande, G., ... & Sathian, K. (2011). Art for reward's sake: Visual art recruits the ventral striatum.  Neuroimage, 55(1), 420-433.  doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.11.027

Langer, F. (2016). Art theory for (neuro) scientists: Bridging the gap. Poetics Today, 37(4), 497-516. DOI 10.1215/03335372-3638030

Li, R., & Zhang, J. (2020). Review of computational neuroaesthetics: bridging the gap between neuroaesthetics and computer science. Brain Informatics, 7(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40708-020-00118-w

Livingston, M. (2016). Being human: Your brain on art. [video] (42:42 minutes). The Leaky Foundation. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKYIL_CP6Ew&ab_channel=TheLeakeyFoundation

Lusebrink, V. B. (2004). Art therapy and the brain: An attempt to understand the underlying processes of art expression in therapy . Art Therapy, 21(3), 125-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2004.10129496

Luo, Q., Yu, M., Li, Y., & Mo, L. (2019). The neural correlates of integrated aesthetics between moral and facial beauty. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-10.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38553-3

Malchiodi, C. A. (Ed.). (2011). Handbook of art therapy.  New York, NY: Guilford Press. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=y6PY4hv47I0C&oi=fnd&pg=PR3&dq=Malchiodi,+C.+A.+(Ed.).+(2011).+Handbook+of+art+therapy.++New+York,+NY:+Guilford+Press.&ots=-io9l7BSsk&sig=nOlS54EgmMObNbN7-Tc-lwcM7vo#v=onepage&q=Malchiodi%2C%20C.%20A.%20(Ed.).%20(2011).%20Handbook%20of%20art%20therapy.%20%20New%20York%2C%20NY%3A%20Guilford%20Press.&f=false

Marin, M. M. (2015). Crossing boundaries: toward a general model of neuroaesthetics.  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 443. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00443

Mastandrea, S., Fagioli, S., & Biasi, V. (2019). Art and psychological well-being: Linking the brain to the aesthetic emotion. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00739

Mastnak, W. Creative interactions in music: A neuroscientific perspective perspective (pp.23-38). In A. Sangiorgio and W.Mastnak (Eds.) Creative interactions: Dynamic processes in group music activities. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), project n. SA3863/1-1. : https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:m29-0000007200

McTavish, J. Q. (2018). Using trauma and attachment-informed art therapy to promote healing in children in the welfare system: A literature review . Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 24. https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/24

Menninghaus, W., Schindler, I., Wagner, V., Wassiliwizky, E., Hanich, J., Jacobsen, T., & Koelsch, S. (2020). Aesthetic emotions are a key factor in aesthetic evaluation: Reply to Skov and Nadal (2020). Psychological Review, 127(4), 650–654. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000213

Merrill, J., Czepiel, A., Fink, L., Toelle, J., & Wald-Fuhrmann, M. (2020). The aesthetic experience of live concerts: self-reports and psychophysiology. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/g829v

Mourjopoulos, J. (2020). Modeling the aesthetics of audio-scene peproduction. In The technology of binaural understanding (pp. 455-490). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00386-9_16

Nadal, M., & Skov, M. (2013). Introduction to the special issue: Toward an interdisciplinary neuroaesthetics . Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 7(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031842

Nadal, M. (2014). Cognitive neuroscience of aesthetics. [video] (41: 13 minutes). YouTube. UC Berkeley Events. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7TUS-w-7qQ&ab_channel=UCBerkeleyEvents

Nadal, M., & Skov, M. (2018). The pleasure of art as a matter of fact. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1875), 20172252. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2252

Naser, D. S., & Saha, G. (2021). Influence of music liking on EEG based emotion recognition. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 64, 102251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2020.102251

Orgs, G., & Howlin, C. (2020). The audio-visual aesthetics of music and dance. In The Oxford handbook of empirical aesthetics. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198824350.013.29

Pang, C. Y., Nadal, M., Müller-Paul, J. S., Rosenberg, R., & Klein, C. (2013). Electrophysiological correlates of looking at paintings and its association with art expertise. Biological Psychology, 93(1), 246-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.10.013 

Pearce, M. T., Zaidel, D. W., Vartanian, O., Skov, M., Leder, H., Chatterjee, A., & Nadal, M. (2016). Neuroaesthetics: The cognitive neuroscience of aesthetic experience. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(2), 265-279.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691615621274

Pelowski, M., Markey, P. S., Forster, M., Gerger, G., & Leder, H. (2017). Move me, astonish me… delight my eyes and brain: The Vienna integrated model of top-down and bottom-up processes in art perception (VIMAP) and corresponding affective, evaluative, and neurophysiological correlates. Physics of Life Reviews, 21, 80-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2017.02.003

Pepperell, R. (2018). Art, energy, and the brain. Progress in Brain Research, 237, 417-435. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2018.03.022

Proverbio, A. M., De Benedetto, F., & Guazzone, M. (2020). Shared neural mechanisms for processing emotions in music and vocalizations. European Journal of Neuroscience, 51(9), 1987-2007. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14650

Przybysz, P. (2020). Art and emotion: the variety of aesthetic emotions and their internal dynamics. Interdisciplinary Studies in Musicology, (20), 51-63. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8184-3656

Reppa, I., McDougall, S., Sonderegger, A., & Schmidt, W. C. (2020). Mood moderates the effect of aesthetic appeal on performance. Cognition and Emotion, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2020.1800446

Reybrouck, M., Vuust, P., & Brattico, E. (2018). Brain connectivity networks and the aesthetic experience of music.  Brain Sciences, 8(6), 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci8060107

Rolls, E. T. (2017). Neurobiological foundations of aesthetics and art. New Ideas in Psychology, 47, 121-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2017.03.005

Saggar, M., Quintin, E. M., Kienitz, E., Bott, N. T., Sun, Z., Hong, W. C., ... & Hawthorne, G. (2015). Pictionary-based fMRI paradigm to study the neural correlates of spontaneous improvisation and figural creativity.  Scientific Reports, 5, 10894. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep10894

Sarasso, P., Ronga, I., Kobau, P., Bosso, T., Artusio, I., Ricci, R., & Neppi-Modona, M. (2020). Beauty in mind: Aesthetic appreciation correlates with perceptual facilitation and attentional amplification. Neuropsychologia, 136, 107282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107282

Schlegel, A., Alexander, P., Fogelson, S. V., Li, X., Lu, Z., Kohler, P. J., ... & Meng, M. (2015). The artist emerges: Visual art learning alters neural structure and function. NeuroImage, 105, 440-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.11.014

Schouten, K. A., van Hooren, S., Knipscheer, J. W., Kleber, R. J., & Hutschemaekers, G. J. (2019). Trauma-focused art therapy in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 20(1), 114-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2018.1502712

Shah, C., Erhard, K., Ortheil, H. J., Kaza, E., Kessler, C., & Lotze, M. (2013). Neural correlates of creative writing: an fMRI study.  Human Brain Mapping, 34(5), 1088-1101. DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21493

Siler, T. (2015). Neuroart: picturing the neuroscience of intentional actions in art and science . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 410. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00410

Skov, M., & Nadal, M. (2020). The nature of beauty: behavior, cognition, and neurobiology. New York Academy of Sciences. 10.31234/osf.io/c5m87

Skov, M., & Nadal, M. (2020). A farewell to art: Aesthetics as a topic in psychology and neuroscience. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(3), 630-642. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619897963

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