The Evolutionary Advantages of Art

2016-08-25

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I'm featured on The Art Assignment!! Watch and sub here: https://youtu.be/Xgdfr13B1ew

I sit down with The Art Assignment host Sarah Urist Green to chat about science, art and evolution. The evolutionary pathway that led us to be the apex predator on this planet also resulted in some pretty cool skills.

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Produced and Edited by Vanessa Hill

Research and Writing by Teagan Wall

Sound design by Joel Werner http://joelwerner.com

A big thank you to Anna Rothschild for filming.

FOOTAGE

Peacock spider via Peacock Spider Man: https://youtu.be/1355RCne5w0

Blue-footed booby via Nature on PBS: https://youtu.be/gqf5bG_XXlc

REFERENCES

Di Dio, C., Macaluso, E., & Rizzolatti, G. (2007). The golden beauty: brain response to classical and renaissance sculptures. PloS one, 2(11), e1201. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Cinzia, D. D., & Vittorio, G. (2009). Neuroaesthetics: a review. Current opinion in neurobiology, 19(6), 682-687. https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Co-evolution of language and consciousness: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10...

Using drums to communicate:

http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_in...

Great PBS article on using musical training to boost memory: http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/...

Students remember words better with music than with spoken word/prose: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/87...

Kirkham, E. (2014). How does the brain process rhythm?. eLife, 3, e02658. https://elifesciences.org/content/3/e...

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