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Solso, Robert L. was born on June 22, 1933 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of F.I. and Elizabeth (Pressly).
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The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain (Bradford Books)
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How did the human brain evolve so that consciousness of art could develop? In The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain, Robert Solso describes how a consciousness that evolved for other purposes perceives and creates art. Drawing on his earlier book Cognition and the Visual Arts and ten years of new findings in cognitive research (as well as new ideas in anthropology and art history), Solso shows that consciousness developed gradually, with distinct components that evolved over time. One of these components is an adaptive consciousness that includes the ability to imagine objects that are not present -- an ability that allows us to create (and perceive) visual art. Solso describes the neurological, perceptual, and cognitive sequence that occurs when we view art, and the often inexpressible effect that a work of art has on us. He shows that there are two aspects to viewing art: nativistic perception -- the synchronicity of eye and brain that transforms electromagnetic energy into neuro-chemical codes -- which is "hard-wired" into the sensory-cognitive system; and directed perception, which incorporates personal history and knowledge -- the entire set of our expectations and past experiences. Both forms of perception are part of the appreciation of art, and both are products of the evolution of the conscious brain over hundreds of thousands of years. Solso also investigates the related issues of neurological and artistic perception of the human face, the effects of visual illusions, and the use of perspective. The many works of art used as examples are drawn from a wide range of artistic traditions, from ancient Egypt to Africa and India and the European Renaissance.
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(Cognition and the Visual Arts ) Author: Robert L. Solso Sep-1996
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The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain (Mit Press/Bradford Books Series in Cognitive Psychology) (Hardback) - Common
(How human consciousness evolved to perceive and create art.)
How human consciousness evolved to perceive and create art.
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The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain (Bradford Books) by Solso, Robert L. (2003) Paperback
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Cognition and the Visual Arts
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An experienced and prolific writer, Robert Solso has a gift for simplifying sometimes difficult concepts in science. Here he brings a refreshing new approach to the psychology of art, synthesizing research from a vast collection of data on how humans perceive, process, and store information and applying it to the viewing and interpretation of art. In this first systematic study of the connection between the new cognitive psychology and its importance to art, Solso reflects on the long relationship between humankind and art, observing that "mind and art are one." A major theme of this book, in fact, is that the clearest view of the mind comes when we create or experience art, a reverse of the usual view of art and cognition. The illustrations cover a wide range of examples, including African, Asian, and prehistoric art, but focusing primarily on Western art. The treatment of cognition applies a blend of the standard information-processing model, brain function, and neural networks.Cognitive Psychology series
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Cognitive Psychology (8th Edition)
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One of the top sellers in the field, Cognitive Psychology is well-written, humorous, and remains one of the most comprehensive and balanced books in the area of cognition. MacLin and MacLin, inheriting the book from the late Robert L. Solso, boldly revised and reorganized the Eighth Edition to reflect emerging trends in the field, while retaining the strengths that made it one of the most popular books in the field. The book features a sequential model of human cognition from sensation to perception, to attention, to memory, to higher-order cognition, and features new cutting-edge coverage of consciousness, cognitive neuroscience, memory and forgetting, and evolutionary psychology.
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Cognition and the Visual Arts by Solso, Robert L. (1996) Paperback
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Robert L. Solso
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Bachelor, Hastings College, 1957. Master of Arts, University Nebraska, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, St. Louis University, 1967.
Career
Professor, department chairman Moorhead (Minnesota) State University, 1957-1968. Professor Loyola University, Chicago, 1968-1974. Postdoctoral researcher Stanford (California) University, 1974-1975.
Professor, chairman University Idaho, Moscow, 1975-1981. Professor, chairman department psychology University Nevada, Reno, 1982—2004. Visiting professor Stanford (California) University, 1975-1981, Oxford (England) University, 1980, Moscow State University, 1980-1981.
World lecturer tours, 1981, 97. Served United States Army, 1953-1955.
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The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain (Bradford Books)
( How did the human brain evolve so that consciousness of...)
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Cognitive Psychology (8th Edition)
( One of the top sellers in the field, Cognitive Psychol...)
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Cognition and the Visual Arts
( An experienced and prolific writer, Robert Solso has a ...)
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The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain (Mit Press/Bradford Books Series in Cognitive Psychology) (Hardback) - Common
(How human consciousness evolved to perceive and create art.)
- Cognition and the Visual Arts
- (Cognition and the Visual Arts ) Author: Robert L. Solso Sep-1996
- (The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain ) Author: Robert L. Solso Jan-2004
- The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain (Bradford Books) by Solso, Robert L. (2003) Paperback
- Cognition and the Visual Arts by Solso, Robert L. (1996) Paperback
- (The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain ) Author: Robert L. Solso Sep-2005
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The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain (Bradford Books)
Membership
Board directors Nevada Opera Board, Reno, 1986-1992. Member Western Psychological Association (president 1997, director Pan Pacific program 2000).
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Son of; children: Anne, Laird, Robert.
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American