Irving Massey: The Neural Imagination: Aesthetic and Neuroscientific Approaches to the Arts (2009)
Filed under book | Tags: · aesthetics, art, brain, cognitive science, neural networks, neuroaesthetics, neurons, neuroscience
“Art and technology have been converging rapidly in the past few years; an important example of this convergence is the alliance of neuroscience with aesthetics, which has produced the new field of neuroaesthetics.
Irving Massey examines this alliance, in large part to allay the fears of artists and audiences alike that brain science may “explain away” the arts. The first part of the book shows how neuroscience can enhance our understanding of certain features of art. The second part of the book illustrates a humanistic approach to the arts; it is written entirely without recourse to neuroscience, in order to show the differences in methodology between the two approaches. The humanistic style is marked particularly by immersion in the individual work and by evaluation, rather than by detachment in the search for generalizations. In the final section Massey argues that, despite these differences, once the reality of imagination is accepted neuroscience can be seen as the collaborator, not the inquisitor, of the arts.”
Publisher University of Texas Press, 2009
Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture series
ISBN 0292752792, 9780292752795
224 pages
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Comments (2)Jay Gao: Digital Analysis of Remotely Sensed Imagery (2008)
Filed under book | Tags: · georeferencing, image, neural networks, photography, technology
Written in easy-to-follow language with a minimum of technical jargon, Digital Analysis of Remotely Sensed Imagery provides exhaustive coverage of the entire process of analyzing remotely sensed data for the purpose of producing accurate representations in thematic map format. The book explores cutting-edge techniques and trends in image analysis, as well as the relationship between image processing and other recently emerged special technologies.
Filled with numerous references to the current literature, this essential imaging resource paints a vivid picture of the current status of innovative image analysis methods and future directions in the field. Find state-of-the-art information on storage of remotely sensed data…the image analysis system…image rectification…image enhancement…image classification…accuracy assessment…change detection…intelligent image classification…decision tree classification…integration of image analysis with GIS/GPS…and much more.
Publisher McGraw Hill Professional, 2008
ISBN 0071604650, 9780071604659
Length 645 pages
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