Basis Reader

Here you can find recommended reading and videos for those who are interested in neuroscience, neuroesthetics and their main topics. The list will be regularly updated by our team.

Articles

• A brief guide to neuroscience – The Observer, 29 April 2012
  Vaughan Bell explains the boom area in science and what neuroscience is.
• Statements on Neuroesthetics by Semir Zeki
  Zeki explains the role of neuroesthetics and what art and knowledge are for the human kind.
• The Mirror Neuron Revolution: Explaining What Makes Humans Social
  Neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni discusses mirror neurons, autism and the potentially damaging effects of violent movies.
• A brief guide to Embodied Cognition: why you are not your brain, by Sam McNerney

Videos

• The neurons that shaped civilization (video) by VS Ramachandran
  Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran outlines the fascinating functions of mirror neurons.
• The quest to understand consciousness (video) by Antonio Damasio
  Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness — that is a marvelous fact — but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self.

Papers

• Neuroethetics: a review by Vittorio Gallese, Cinzia Di Dio
• Art and the brain by Semir Zeki
• Conceptual blending by Gilles Fauconnier