Liking the same art does not mean having the same experience. Understanding aesthetic experiences requires looking beyond simple preference into more nuanced emotional responses.

Aesthetic experience extends beyond beauty and liking. Using a structured taxonomy of emotional and cognitive impacts, we measured agreement in responses to artworks. Additionally, we tested such agr...

When we take the time to be present and curious, we allow for more complex aesthetic and emotional responses to emerge.

Most people are biased to negatively judge people with facial anomalies. How does popular cinema reinforce this psychological effect?

Does nature, or nature-inspired interior design, help restore fatigued attention, ameliorate stress, and make us more creative?

Despite increased understanding in how to modify human aging, longevity as a wellness trend sidesteps questions of societal inequities and what makes a good life.

Learn, share, and connect to build the interdisciplinary field of neuroarts

Neurotech companies promise to harness electrophysiology to help us flourish. How do you decide if their claims should be taken seriously?

Enhancing the built environment with visual art is a major program of the arts in healthcare movement. Does it work?

A climate in which science, art, and culture flourished in the Golden Age of Islam and the conditions that foretold the Age’s demise.

Neuroaesthetics, an emerging field of research, studies how the arts can enhance our health and wellbeing.

As the artist in residence at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, Judith Schaechter created a giant dome to spark joy. It’s now on view outside Philadelphia.

A climate in which science, art, and culture flourished in the Golden Age of Islam and the conditions that foretold the Age’s demise.

What happens when an artist steps into the world of empirical science? A residency at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics revealed unexpected parallels between art and science.

Can viewing art digitally match the magic of standing face-to-face with an original? Our research challenges long-held intuitions about the power of presence.

The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

Scientific Reports - A comparison of art engagement in museums and through digital media

YouTube video by Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics

Submission period: 10 February 2025 - 31 March 2025

An update on the war against algorithms and technocratic manipulation

Podcast Episode · The Conversation Factory · 02/25/2025 · 51m

Art and science can be aligned in different ways. We describe one use of art as a tool: using ambiguity to evoke curiosity.

Neuroaesthetics is on the table today.In our inaugural episode on Neuroaesthetics and Design, we are joined by neuroscientist and author Dr. Anjan Chatterjee. Dr. Chatterjee earned his B.A. in Philoso...

In a world that moves at breakneck speed, where scrolling replaces savoring and distractions pull us in a thousand directions, how often do we truly see

Years torturing yourself before a blank page are followed by months of scrambling for publicity, followed by oblivion There are only two types of people who make the mistake of writing a book: non-writers, who don’t know any better; and writers, who can…

Artists, thinkers, designers, and scientists are converging on the value of art, aesthetics and nature, parallelling earlier Romantics’ response to science and tech gone awry.

YouTube video by Templeton Religion Trust

A wealthy entrepreneur buys a banana for $6.2 million and then eats it at a press event. Can we make sense of this monied madness?

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Maurizio Cattelan’s perishable piece soared above the pre-auction estimate of $1.5 million and was the subject of an intense bidding battle at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday

27 November 2024 - Hilton Malta. This year's theme is : Mediterranean ARTS – Amidst Rapid Transformative Shifts