Artistic Production Following Brain Damage: A Study of Three Artists

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dc.contributor.authorChatterjee, Anjan
dc.contributor.authorBromberger, Bianca
dc.contributor.authorSmith, William B
dc.contributor.authorSternschein, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorWidick, Page
dc.date2023-05-17T11:07:32.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T00:11:26Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T00:11:26Z
dc.date.issued2011-10-01
dc.date.submitted2015-02-05T09:21:13-08:00
dc.description.abstractWe know little about the neurologic bases of art production. The idea that the right brain hemisphere is the “artistic brain” is widely held, despite the lack of evidence for this claim. Artists with brain damage can offer insight into these laterality questions. The authors used an instrument called the Assessment of Art Attributes to examine the work of two individuals with left-brain damage and one with right-hemisphere damage. In each case, their art became more abstract and distorted and less realistic. They also painted with looser strokes, less depth and more vibrant colors. No unique pattern was observed following right-brain damage. However, art produced after left-brain damage also became more symbolic. These results show that the neural basis of art production is distributed across both hemispheres in the human brain.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/41583
dc.legacy.articleid1105
dc.legacy.fields10.1162/LEON_a_00240
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=neuroethics_pubs&unstamped=1
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dc.source.beginpage405
dc.source.endpage410
dc.source.issue99
dc.source.issue5
dc.source.journalNeuroethics Publications
dc.source.journaltitleLeonardo
dc.source.peerreviewedtrue
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.source.volume44
dc.subject.otherbrain damage
dc.subject.otherArt Practice
dc.subject.otherBioethics and Medical Ethics
dc.subject.otherNeuroscience and Neurobiology
dc.subject.otherNeurosciences
dc.titleArtistic Production Following Brain Damage: A Study of Three Artists
dc.typeArticle
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