Recent Papers and Publications: 

All papers (c) William P. Seeley. Do not cite without permission of the author, William P. Seeley. Please contact me at wseeley@fandm.edu for offprints of published papers.

 

Articles:

Art, Artists, and Perception: A model for premotor contributions to visual analysis and form recognition (forthcoming). Philosophical Psychology.

Cognitive Science and Art (forthcoming). In Stephen Davies, Kathleen Higgins, Robert Hopkins, & Robert Stecker (Eds.), Blackwell Companion to Aesthetics, 2nd Edition.

Art, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience (forthcoming). Arts and Neurosciences Review.

Integrating Art Historical, Psychological, and Neuroscientific Explanations of Artists Advantages in Drawing and Perception (2007). Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 80-90.

Naturalizing Aesthetics: Art and the cognitive neuroscience of vision (2006). Journal of Visual Arts Practice, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp. 195-213.

Art, Aesthetics, and Cognitive Neuroscience (2006). In H. Gottesdiener & J. C. Vilatte (Eds.), Culture and Communication: Proceedings of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Volume XIX, pp. 781-784. pdf

Imagining Film: Seeing with the mind's eye (2005). Philosophical Inquiry, Volume XVII,Summer/Fall, 3-14.

A Visuomotor Skill Model for Artists' Advantages In Drawing, Visual Analysis, and Form Recognition, with Aaron Kozbelt (2004). In J. P. Frois, P. Andrade, & J. F. Marques (Eds.), Art and Science: Proceedings of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Volume XVIII, pp. 645-648. pdf

 

Book Reviews:

Book Review: Philosophy & Conceptual Art, edited Peter Goldie & Elisabeth Schellekens (2007). Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism (forthcoming)

Book Review: The Creation of Art, edited Berys Gaut and Paisley Livingston (2005). Philosophical  Inquiry, Volume XXVII, Summer/Fal, 126-129.

Book Review: AngloModern: Painting and Modernity in Britain and the United States, Janet Wolff (September, 2004). Leonardo Reviews, www.LDR.org

Book Review: Neurons and Networks, John Dowling, New in Brain and Behavioral Science, 2(78), November 23, 2002, http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=1407

 

In Preparation:

Can Neuroaesthetics Earn Its Keep? pdf

Imagining Crawling Home: A Case Study in Cognitive Science and Aesthetics. pdf

Effects of Interpretation of Energetic & Emotional Costs in Picture Perception. pdf

Hills, Energetic Costs, & Perspectival Distortions in Copies of One-Point Perspective Drawings

Art and Attention: A Diagnostic Recognition Model for Aesthetic Experience.

Motor Simulation, Perception, and the Philosophy of Dance.

 

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