Art and Human Development

Constance Milbrath is a senior researcher at the Human Early Learning Partnership at the University of British Columbia. She received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her research focuses on individual differences in the underpinnings of drawing and aesthetic competence in children, the influence of cultural differences on adolescent relationships, and the development of a clinical instrument aimed at assessing structure of personality. A Fellow of the APA, Dr. Milbrath is also a member of Division 10, the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts.

First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

C. Lightfoot, C. Milbrath, Introduction. Part 1. Art in the Context of Culture J.D. Lewis-Williams, Science, Religion and Pictures: an Origin of Image-Making. C. Milbrath, Commentary: Comparative Developmental And Social Perspectives On The Mystery Of Upper Paleolithic Art. M. Forman, Hip-Hop Culture, Youth Creativity, and the Generational Crossroads. B. Tinsley, S. Wilson, M.B. Spencer, Commentary: Hip-Hop Culture, Youth Creativity and the Generational Crossroads from a Human Development Perspective. Part 2. Educating the Artists and Using the Arts to Educate G. Levinson, "Why Should I Write?" asked the Pencil. "What Else Can You Do?" said the Knife. Or, Why I Can't Tell You Why I Am a Composer. J. Bamberger, Commentary: A View of Levinson's Development. C. Lee, Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleep: Modeling the "Scientific" from the Everyday as Cultural Process. C. Daiute, Commentary: Adolescents' Purposeful Uses of Culture. Part 3. Artistic Development N. Freeman, Children as Intuitive Art Critics. A. Costal, Commentary: But is It Art? T.R. Goldstein, E. Winner, A New Lens on the Development of Social Cognition: The Study of Acting. J. Peskin, R.A. Mar, T. Bischoff, Commentary: Advanced Social Cognition in the Literary Arts.