2018-2019 Academic Bulletin 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

INTDS 311 - Neuroscience and the Visual Arts


Credits: 4
An interdisciplinary course that explores relationships between the visual arts and the nervous system. Contemporary neurological theories of visual perception that address phenomena such as color, depth, size, and movement are compared to elements used by visual artists (line, shape, color, space, perspective, motion, etc.). Experiments measure neurological activity stimulated by selected elements of visual form (line, shape, color). Other laboratory exercises measure viewers’ brain activity to compare similarities and differences between artists and non-artists in the perception and creation of works of visual art. Information from these experiments may then be used in the creation of original works of visual art.

Prerequisite: NEURO 110 , ART 285 , or COMRT 285 .

Distribution Requirements: HE, SP.