Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index.
The uneasy connection between art and psychology -- Artistic development in cognitive developmental theories -- The cognitive revolution and conceptions of learning -- Cognitive flexibility theory and learning in the arts -- Obstacles to art learning and their assessment -- Imagination in cognition -- The arts and cognition : a cognitive argument for the arts.
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