November 01, 2006

Blog: AlphaPsy

What is Neuroaesthetics About Anyway?

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Is that your amygdala lighting up? Painting by Titian, Venus Anadyomene. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

"...before we start sticking people into the scanner to contrast the parts of the brain that light up when they look at a Boticelli vs. a picture of their step mum, we could begin by asking ourselves exactly what we want our science to say about art."

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Posted by Stubbornson at November 1, 2006 05:06 AM