How to account for the power that art holds over us? Why do artworks touch us deeply,
consoling, transforming or invigorating us in the process? In this paper, we argue that an …

The processes underwriting the acquisition of culture remain unclear. How are shared
habits, norms, and expectations learned and maintained with precision and reliability across …

I consider predictive processing (PP) from the perspective of an artist who also conducts
scientific research into art and perception. This paper presents artworks I have made and …

The relationship between artificial entities' human likeness and aesthetic preference is
thought to be best modelled by an N-shaped cubic “uncanny valley” function, which however …

In this chapter, we describe how the individual's active involvement with works of art
contributes to the experience of them. Based on a review of recent experimental work, we …

Creativity is a compelling yet elusive phenomenon, especially when manifested in visual art,
where its evaluation is often a subjective and complex process. Understanding how …

The recognition and incorporation of evidence-based neuroscientific concepts into creative
arts therapeutic knowledge and practice seem valuable and advantageous for the purpose …

The current paper offers a model of time-varying music engagement, defined as changes in
curiosity, attention and positive valence, as music unfolds over time. First, we present …

Neuroaesthetic research has focused on neural predictive processes involved in the
encounter with art stimuli or the related evaluative judgements, and it has been mainly …

Abstract The Bayesian Brain Hypothesis, as formalized by the Free Energy Principal, is
ascendant in the cognitive sciences. But how does the Bayesian Brain obtain prior beliefs …