tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post6407456401208194843..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Color and light vs. line and volume in painting: Intro to the conflictagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4170748826112922342013-06-26T12:29:08.248-04:002013-06-26T12:29:08.248-04:00Excellent post. I'm a 27 year old male former ...Excellent post. I'm a 27 year old male former math major who now works in finance/computer science. Unsurprisingly perhaps, I'm more drawn towards the 'line' spectrum of things and have more of a pleasant visceral reaction to Michelangelo than I do to Titian.<br /><br />Postmodernists might label me a dorsal dork, but at least I"m employed, ho ho ho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-21227272029228992392013-06-26T04:30:15.909-04:002013-06-26T04:30:15.909-04:00Within the brain, there is a well known split betw...Within the brain, there is a well known split between <br /><br />a dorsal stream for understanding rotation and 3 dimensional movement, and which integrates that information into movements and planning (planning movements like dancing and so on)<br /><br />a ventral stream that handles non-spatial attributes, such as color<br /><br />See the Two-streams hypothesis.<br /><br />There are some theories that scientists and mathematicians tend to trade off ventral stream activity and processing for dorsal stream activity.<br /><br />So although your theory seems plausible as well, there could be a cognitively grounded mechanism that is either alternative or supportive to it.<br /><br />Of course, it would be hard for artists not to have any dorsal stream processing and be good at what they do (dance, motor skills, 3d cinematography) etc, but the general dominance seems plausible, particularly contrasting scientists and visual artists.<br /><br />http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mkozhevnlab/?tag=object-spatial-verbal<br /><br />(Another interesting sideline in this model is that it contrasts "egocentric" spatial abilities like filming and piloting that require being grounded in space and taking perspectives, which seems like it might link with empathetic perspective taking, with "allocentric" abilities that are more purely stereotypical nerdy, like technical drawing and mechanics.) <br /><br />Women are probably less spatial and more object / general visual, but that does not necessarily translate into arts success due to major personality gaps between sexes (which are probably much bigger than racial personality gaps, if in different directions) and due to differences in distribution shape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-47903730653135310522013-06-25T14:42:40.085-04:002013-06-25T14:42:40.085-04:00I was talking about Millenials not having friends ...I was talking about Millenials not having friends with someone in real life. I think you talked about this before, but could you make a post about why Millenials can't make friends?<br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-39386614302098764062013-06-25T09:59:25.215-04:002013-06-25T09:59:25.215-04:00Do bumans really distinguish color better than ape...Do bumans really distinguish color better than apes? I was unaware of that.<br /><br />A <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/06/21/headache_remedy_charts.html" rel="nofollow">follow-up</a> on generic drugs.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.com