The Neurobiology of Painting: International Review of Neurobiology (Volume 74)

This informative and practical guide to the Miller Method[registered] presents an entirely new and dynamic perspective on advancing the body organization, social, and communicative skills of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Taking a cognitive developmental systems approach that uses elevation to build body awareness and focus the children on people and objects, the Miller Method[registered] works on the premise that children with ASDs learn more effectively when their whole bodies are physically and repetitively involved in a learning process or 'system'; a completely different approach from the more traditional schoolroom arrangement in which children learn while sitting at a desk. Chapters outline the underlying principles of the Miller Method[registered] and its practical application, and cover major issues such as communication skills and social play, and day-to-day behavioural issues including tantrums, aggression, and toilet training. A chapter on research outcomes demonstrates the efficacy of the method in practice. This practical resource is essential reading for parents and professionals living and working with children with ASDs. Content: Evolutionary Neurobiology and Art Review Article Pages 1-14 C.U.M. Smith Perceptual Portraits Review Article Pages 17-38 Nicholas Wade The Neuropsychology of Visual Art: Conferring Capacity Review Article Pages 39-49 Anjan Chatterjee Vision, Illusions, and Reality Review Article Pages 51-54 Christopher Kennard Localization in the Visual Brain Review Article Pages 55-65 George K. York Neurology, Synaesthesia, and Painting Review Article Pages 69-78 Amy Ione Fainting In Classical Art * Review Article Pages 79-88 Philip Smith Migraine Art In The Internet: A Study Of 450 Contemporary Artists Review Article Pages 89-107 Klaus Podoll Sarah Raphael's Migraine With Aura as Inspiration for the Foray of Her Work Into Abstraction Review Article Pages 109-118 Klaus Podoll, Debbie Ayles The Visual Art of Contemporary Artists With Epilepsy Review Article Pages 119-131 Steven C. Schachter Creativity in Painting and Style in Brain‐damaged Artists Review Article Pages 135-146 Julien Bogousslavsky Artistic Changes in Alzheimer's Disease Review Article Pages 147-161 Sebastian J. Crutch, Martin N. Rossor Stroke in Painters Review Article Pages 165-191 H. Bäzner, M. Hennerici VisuoSpatial Neglect In Lovis Corinth's Self‐Portraits* Review Article Pages 193-214 Olaf Blanke Art, Constructional Apraxia, and the Brain Review Article Pages 215-232 Louis Caplan Neurogenetics in Art Review Article Pages 235-240 Alan E.H. Emery A Naïve Artist of S t IVES Review Article Pages 241-252 F. Clifford Rose Van Gogh's Madness Review Article Pages 253-269 F. Clifford Rose Absinthe, The Nervous System and Painting Review Article Pages 271-278 Tiina Rekand Sir Charles Bell, KGH, FRS, FRSE (1774–1842) Review Article Pages 281-289 Christopher Gardner‐Thorpe Peg Leg Frieda Review Article Pages 293-299 Espen Dietrichs The Deafness of Goya (1746–1828) Review Article Pages 301-316 F. Clifford Rose Series Editors Page ii Contributors Pages xiii-xiv Preface Page xv Index Pages 317-322 Contents of Recent Volumes Pages 323-341 Contents Pages v-xi This informative and practical guide to the Miller Method presents an entirely new and dynamic perspective on advancing the body organization, social, and communicative skills of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Working on the premise that children with ASDs learn more effectively when their whole bodies are involved, The Miller Method covers major issues such as communication skills and social play, as well as day-to-day behavioral issues including tantrums, aggression and toilet training. Part of Miller's method includes guiding the child on to The Elevated Square, a device that gets the child off the floor and markedly diminishes toe-walking, hand flapping and aimless wandering. By creating a highly defined reality that requires the child's rapt attention to traverse it, the Elevated Square helps counter some of the significant challenges these children confront. Another feature of the method entails the carefully gauged disruption of everyday routines. This may include deliberately "messing up" the classroom so that the children experience putting it together and learning that they can cope with disorder and change. This practical resource is essential reading for parents and professionals living and working with children with ASDs. Evolutionary neurobiology and art - C.U.M. Smith ; SECTION I - Visual Aspects : Perceptual portraits - The neuropsychology of visual art; conferring capacity Vision, illusions, and reality Localization in the visual brain ; SECTION II - Episodic disorders : Neurology, synaesthesia, and painting - Fainting in classical art - Migraine art in the internet: a study of 450 contemporary artists - Sarah Raphael's migraine with aura as inspiration for the foray of her work into abstraction - The visual of contemporary artists with epilepsy; SECTION III - Brain damage: Creativity in painting and style in brain-damaged artists - Artistic changes in alzheimer's disease; SECTION IV -Cerebrovasular disease: Stroke in painters - Visuospatial neglect in Lovis Corinth's self-portraits - Art, constructional apraxia and the brain; SECTION V - Genetic diseases: Neurogenetics in Art A nai̋ve artist of St. Ives -Van Gogh's madness - Absinthe, the nervous system and painting ; SECTION VI - Neurologists as artists: Sir Charles Bell, KGH, FRS, FRSE (1774-1842) ; SECTION VII - Miscellaneous : Peg leg Frieda - The Deafness of Goya (1746-1828). Annotation The book presents a basis for the interaction of the brain and nervous system with painting, music and literature, and a discussion of art from multiple facets - such as anatomy, migraine, illusion and evolutionary biology. The book explores several aspects of the neurobiology of painting, including evolutionary neurobiology, sensation vs. perception, the visual brain and how the mind works, and also explores the affects of brain disorders and trauma on artist, with a concluding chapter on Frida Kahlo and the spinal cord injury that influenced her painting