TY - JOUR T1 - The neurobiology of painting JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 110 LP - 110 VL - 78 IS - 1 AU - D H ffytche Y1 - 2007/01/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/78/1/110.3.abstract N2 - Authored by F Clifford Rose. Published by Elsevier, London, 2006, £99.95, pp 341. ISBN 0-12-366875-1 Today’s “higher” cerebral functions seem decided mid-level when viewed from the perspective of our neurological forefathers. We study language, attention, memory, perception, planning—recently, even consciousness—all without shame. But few will stand up and declare a research interest in art, culture and aesthetics. It was not always so. At the dawn of brain science, such subjects were self-evident as … ER -