The Painted Mind

Behavioral Science Reflected in Great Paintings

Alfonso Troisi (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2017
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-939340-4 (ISBN)

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The Painted Mind combines art and science. Its scientific focus is on the evolutionary study human mind and behavior, and each chapter is inspired by a masterpiece painting, reproduced accurately and in full color. Throughout the book, Dr. Troisi integrates discussion of each painting's artistic significance with theories of the human mind's evolution.

The use of visual art is relatively common in scientific literature, and academic publications sometimes reproduce famous paintings to attract potential readers. When used in this manner, artwork is just a marginal adornment. In The Painted Mind, however, each chapter is inspired by an artistic masterpiece. Throughout the book, Dr. Troisi highlights the artistic significance of each painting and introduces the reader to their creators' biographical stories.

The Painted Mind has a scientific focus on the evolutionary analysis of human mind and behavior. Its discussion of emotions and behaviors integrates a variety of perspectives that can ultimately be reduced to the evolutionary distinction between proximate mechanisms and adaptive functions. Although Dr. Troisi is primarily a clinical psychiatrist, his eclectic scientific background-ranging from primate ethology to neuroscience, from behavioral biology to molecular genetics, and from Darwinian psychiatry to evolutionary psychology-gives his writing a unique perspective. In addition to integrating data and findings from each of these disciplines, the book's presentation of evolutionary theories of the human mind is also intermixed with lively discussion of individual cases. Some are clinical cases from Dr. Troisi's own psychiatric practice; others reference the psychological profiles of historical figures and fictional characters.

Alfonso Troisi, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at the International School of Medicine of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Co-author of Darwinian Psychiatry (Oxford University Press, 1998), his research and clinical activity focuses on the evolutionary study of behavior.

Prologue
I. Nature
II. Pleasure
III. Detachment
IV. Possessiveness
V. Infidelity
VI. Deception
VII. Nonverbal Communication
VIII. Touch
IX. Care
X. Diversity
XI. Madness
XII. Authority
XIII. Power
XIV. Nepotism
XV. Goodness

Erscheinungsdatum	29.06.2017
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	694 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-939340-0 / 0199393400
ISBN-13	978-0-19-939340-4 / 9780199393404
Zustand	Neuware