Recent Papers and Publications: 

All papers (c) William P. Seeley, Department of Philosophy, Bates College. Do not cite without permission of the author. Please contact wseeley@bates.edu for offprints of published papers.

 

Articles:

Imagining Crawling Home: A Case Study in Cognitive Science and Aesthetics (forthcoming). European Review of Philosophy: Psychology and Experimental Philosophy. pdf

The Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics, Psychology, and Neuroscience: Studies in Literature, Visual Arts, and Music, with No‘l Carroll and Margaret Moore (forthcoming). In Arthur P. Shimamura & Stephen E. Palmer (Eds.), Aesthetic Science: Connecting Minds, Brains, and Experience. New York: Oxford University Press.

Cognitive Science and Art (2009). In Stephen Davies, Kathleen Higgins, Robert Hopkins, & Robert Stecker (Eds.), Blackwell Companion to Aesthetics, 2ndEdition.

Art, Artists, and Perception: A model for premotor contributions to visual analysis and form recognition, with Aaron Kozbelt (2008). Philosophical Psychology, 21(2), 1-23. pdf

Motor Simulation & the Effects of Energetic & Emotional Costs of Depicted Actions in Picture Perception [Abstract]Ó (with Jessica Waughtel) (2008). Journal of Vision, 8(6): 1041a. pdf

Effects of Interpretation of Energetic and Emotional Costs of Depicted Actions in Picture Perception (2008). In K. S. Bordens (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Volume XX, 723-726. pdf

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

Naturalizing Aesthetics: Art and the Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision (2006). Journal of Visual Arts Practice, 5(3), 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, 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, 645-648. pdf

                                              

Book Reviews:

Book Review: New Waves in Aesthetics, Kathleen Stock & Katherine Thomas-Jones (Eds.) (2009). Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism (forthcoming).

Book Review: Philosophy & Conceptual Art, edited Peter Goldie & Elisabeth Schellekens. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 66(2), 203-205.

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

Book Review: AngloModern: Painting and Modernity in Britain and the United States, Janet Wolff (September, 2004). Leonardo Reviews, http://www.leonardo.info/reviews/sep2004/anglo_seeley.html

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:

Attention, Intention, and Interpretation in Paintings and Films (with No‘l Carroll).

On Being Direct: What Is It That Is Perceived Directly in Direct Perception? (with Tony Chemero).

Tension Resolved: Aesthetics & the Cognitive Neuroscience of Music (with Stefan Koelsch).

Movement, Gesture, and Meaning: A Sensiromotor Model for Audience Engagement with Dance. abstract

Whose Effectors, Yours or Mine? Identification, Interpretation, and Motor Simulation in Visual Narratives. abstract

Empirical Aesthetics and Aesthetic Experimentalism: Towards a Productive Rapprochement between the Philosophy of Art and Cognitive Neuroscience. abstract

What Happens Inside a Book Stays Inside Its Covers? Motor Simulation and Narrative Understanding.

A Visuomotor Skill Model for Energetic Costs Effects in Picture Perception. pdf

Does Surface Electromyography Reveal a Role for Motor Simulation in Picture Perception? pdf

Piano Hands: Surface Electromyography Reveals Effects of Motor Simulation in Passive Listening.

In-Joint/Out-of-Joint: Motor Simulation & the Perception of Biologically Possible/Impossible Apparent Motion.

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Related Links:

Luciano FloridiÕs blog about the sculpture in the group show ÒRES Arts: Robotics and Emergent SystemsÓ at A-Life X.

Interview with Ulrich Boser on art theft, ChristinaÕs World, and the cognitive neuroscience of art.