This review integrates computational approaches to provide a unified view on how data analysis methods, biophysical mechanistic models and machine learning approaches can help to uncover the origins a...

This workbook provides a collection of experiments and observations that use physical materials (rather than digital displays or resources) to reveal fundamental properties of the human visual system....

Dozens of scientists, scholars, and artists came together last week at the University of Toronto's University College for the second edition of the Toronto Aesthetics Sciences and Creativity Conferenc...

Creativity and aesthetics have long been studied as two largely independent fields. Despite this separation, there is growing recognition of the reciprocal t...

Neuroplasticity is a defining property of the brain. Structural and functional brain changes arise soon after learning and are particularly evident following years of practice that underpin expert per...

Author summary To gain a more complete picture of human visual processing, it is critical to understand the precise format of representations of naturalistic visual scenes. Recent work has approached ...

If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cognitive/Computational Neuroscience The Barnard Visua...

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Bridges are works of public infrastructure designed to perform a practical function. They are unique among works of engineering in that they also have a significant aesthetic dimension. At their best,...

Artificial neural networks applied to psychology, neuroscience, and climate change

Toronto-area meeting of researchers working on empirical aesthetics and creativity April 14th, 2026 Paul Cadario Conference CentreCroft Chapter House, University College 15 King's College Circle, T...

Arts critic Joshua Chong tests the AGO's Art Rate Monitor and speaks with psychologist Dirk Bernhardt-Walther about how art impacts the brain.

Arts critic Joshua Chong tests the AGO's Art Rate Monitor and speaks with psychologist Dirk Bernhardt-Walther about how art impacts the brain.

Nature Reviews Psychology - Certain items are better remembered than others across individuals, a property known as memorability. In this Review, Bainbridge and colleagues detail memorability...

Nature Reviews Psychology - Certain items are better remembered than others across individuals, a property known as memorability. In this Review, Bainbridge and colleagues detail memorability...

The Summer Psychology Research Initiative (SPRINT)—an outreach and access program established five years ago by graduate students in the Department of Psychology—celebrated its biggest year yet this s...

In a recent series of experiments, Boger and Firestone ask: How do we perceive style?’. Their findings suggest that style perception relies on basic p…

Toronto-area meeting of researchers working on empirical aesthetics and creativity April 14th, 2026 Paul Cadario Conference CentreCroft Chapter House, University College 15 King's College Circle, T...