Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026We are represented in every time block today at @iaea-jena2026.bsky.social 🥰 040
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Day 1 at @iaea-jena2026.bsky.social has been a blast! 3x talks from our group - facial aesthetics, a new inclusive measure of aesthetic engagement, and harnessing the power of AI to assess qualitative responses. Today - catch @hannahmerseal.bsky.social’s talk in the “Aesthetic Brains” session 🧠🎨 081
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Bias against people with facial differences is strong, but not categorical www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...psychologytoday.comThe Facial Anomaly-Is-Bad Bias: A Fragile StereotypeAutomatic categorization of people based on visual features helps us navigate a complex world, but it also produces bias. Facial scars, however, are weaker cues than sex and race. 021
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Come visit us in Philly! Anjan Chatterjee will be leading a symposium on collaboration between artists and scientists 011
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsNeuroArts Blueprint Initiative @neuroartsblueprint.bsky.social · 26/02/2026In this Voices from the Field, we speak with Daisy Fancourt, Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology and Head of the Social Biobehavioural Research Group at University College London, about how art shapes health & wellbeing. Her book, Art Cure, has just been released Article: tinyurl.com/4zujnkf8 023
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsSociety for the Neuroscience of Creativity @tsfnc.bsky.social · 15/01/2026We are thrilled to announce our 2026 keynote speakers for SfNC Liberty to Create—leaders in the empirical study of aesthetic experience, artistic production, and appreciation. Have you participated in a successful artist–researcher collaboration? Submit an abstract—we want to hear from you! 022
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsConrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Earlier this week, I posted a video with Dr. Anjan Chatterjee for my ongoing Philly Arts Report series with @thephilacitizen.bsky.social. Dr. Anjan has been studying the effects of murals in Philly. Today, we focus in on his answer to one question: Why is access to art so important right now? 095
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsConrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Why are Philly’s murals so important? How do they compare to others kinds of art from around the globe? And how can the City better support the arts? For today’s Philly Arts Report we talk with Anjan Chatterjee, the Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics. 1203
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025A few of our lab members are involved in organizing this meeting and it’s sure to be a blast. Hope to see you there! 061
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsInternational Arts + Mind Lab @artsandmindlab.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Exciting News: IAM Lab is Hiring the Inaugural Neuroarts Research Lead We are thrilled to announce that the IAM Lab is accepting applications for the Inaugural Neuroarts Research Lead, marking a transformative step forward for the evolving interdisciplinary field of neuroarts. tinyurl.com/4wjdnavh 024
Reposted by Penn Center for Neuroaestheticsiaea-jena2026.bsky.social @iaea-jena2026.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Submissions are now open! The 2026 IAEA Congress invites researchers, scholars, and artists from different domains and countries to present and share empirical research on aesthetics, creativity, and the psychology and neurobiology of the arts and aesthetics. 1129
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 04/11/2025We are recruiting for a paid VR study! If you’ve been wanting to try Apple Vision Pro, here’s your chance. 042
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Road trip down to Maryland! How far would you travel for a special participant group? 030
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsEdward Vessel @edwardvessel.bsky.social · 22/10/2025📣 New Paper Alert! My PhD student Hannah Ovadia and I wrote a concise update on “The Role of the Default Mode Network (DMN) in Aesthetic Appeal” to synthesize evidence, highlight issues, and most importantly, consider theoretical alternatives. Free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lz-h8MqMi... 1249
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025We had a great day of presentations with our friends at Mural Arts and the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project @ Penn. Long overdue and looking forward to continuing the conversation! 072
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025How we subconsciously reach towards beauty 🫳 www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...psychologytoday.comAre You Moved by Beauty?Beauty is in the hand more than in the eye of the beholder. 064
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 08/09/2025💥 New paper alert! 💥 We find that with guided slow-looking, some felt emotions are enhanced more than others www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comSlow-looking enhances aesthetic experiencePeople typically rush past artworks in museums, limiting their ability to benefit from meaningful engagement with art. We tested the hypothesis that slow-looking allows prolonged contemplation of a... 041
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 26/08/2025It’s ok, we’re happy for you guys 🥲 030
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsCollabra: Psychology @collabrapsychology.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Incorporating feminist approaches in psychological science: why, what, and where. From @helenahartmann.com, @kohinoordarda.bsky.social, @v-meletaki.bsky.social, @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1525/coll...doi.orgIncorporating Feminist Practices Into Psychological Science—The Why, the What and the HowFeminism is about all forms of challenging social, economic and political power taken by a dominant group. Applying a feminist lens to scientific research brings many advantages, such as broadening th... 12312
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsMindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 29/07/2025We're hosting a community teach-in at Pennovation in Grey's Ferry on Friday, August 15 from 5:30-7 PM. Philly neighbors who are curious about brain science and what a brain looks like in an fMRI machine are invited to join us for this free event. RSVP required. @standupforscience.bsky.social 054
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025We're catching up with Mariola as she wraps up her postdoc with us, looking at bright spots in the last 2 years and exciting future directions! Mariola, how did it all begin? 331
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsAnjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Pleased to be featured in the inaugural installment of the Neuroarts resource center new interview series: Voices from the filed. 🧪. www.neuroartsresourcecenter.com/post/voices-...neuroartsresourcecenter.comVoices from the Field: Anjan Chatterjee :: Neuroarts Resource CenterLearn, share, and connect to build the interdisciplinary field of neuroarts 083
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Recruitment tip: participants LOVE going home with a bespoke fridge magnet of their scan! A DIY magnet press was a great investment for our lab 130
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 21/05/2025For our friends in Paris at @tsfnc.bsky.social this week: our visiting Fulbright alum Gyulten Hyusein will be presenting some findings about gesture, creativity, and aging in the symposium on Thursday, 10:15, Amp. E. 🖐️🤯🤚 033
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Why use our new library of 300+ art images for your experiment? 🌍 Intentionally inclusive of non-Western art 😀😵💫😢 Normed for 11 emotional states each 📊 Interactive data viz for stimulus selection Got questions? Let us know! doi.org/10.1037/aca0...doi.orgAPA PsycNet 095
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsNeuroArts Blueprint Initiative @neuroartsblueprint.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Today we're launching the first-of-its-kind Neuroarts Resource Center (NRC), a groundbreaking global digital platform created by the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative, where people passionate about the arts and aesthetics come together to connect, collaborate and learn. www.neuroartsresourcecenter.com 0116
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsEdward Vessel @edwardvessel.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I was interviewed as part of this article on Neuroaesthetics. Also featuring @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social www.theoverview.art/neuroaesthet...theoverview.artNeuroaesthetics: Unlocking How Art Can Make Us Smarter, Happier, and HealthierNeuroaesthetics, an emerging field of research, studies how the arts can enhance our health and wellbeing. 0176
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsVasiliki Meletaki @v-meletaki.bsky.social · 07/04/2025If you are in NYC, come on May 2- 3 @ the Center for Performance Research to watch the performance 'intero' choreographed by Spenser Stroud, performed by 3 amazing dancers and inspired by my PhD work on interoception and emotion perception. 🧠🫀🫁🩰 Info & tickets: www.cprnyc.org/events/eury-...cprnyc.org@CPR | Eury German & Spenser Stroud: Cyclic — Center for Performance ResearchTickets: $25 Purchase Tickets Friday, May 2 at 7:30 PM Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 PM A split-bill evening of dance that fuses two distinct yet interwoven choreographic works that explore the se... 033
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025We were surprised to find no major differences in experiencing art in the museum vs. the lab, suggesting that the meaning and emotion imbued in art can transcend contexts. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...psychologytoday.comIs Art Appreciation Going Digital?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. 093
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsEVAlabs Vienna @evalabs.bsky.social · 25/03/2025While we sadly had to say goodbye to Eva in the EVAlabs, two new people will have the chance to say hello to her at her new lab in Tübingen @iwmtue.bsky.social www.iwm-tuebingen.de/www/en/karri... 0811
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsAnjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · 17/03/2025When cherished beliefs and intuitions turn out to not be confirmed. Not a lot of difference in the impact of art seen in museums versus on a screen in the lab. Reasons to actually test intuitions. With @kohinoordarda.bsky.social and others. 🧪 #sciart www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA comparison of art engagement in museums and through digital media - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - A comparison of art engagement in museums and through digital media 01811
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsVasiliki Meletaki @v-meletaki.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Nora Youn & I presented our findings on the impact of nature & music videos on aesthetic experience and physiology at the APA 10- Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts this weekend. More about the videos: aiaphiladelphia.org/news/context... @pcfn.bsky.social 094
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Live from APA Div10: How do creativity (and arts/aesthetics) researchers score on the AUT? 2163
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsAnjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · 07/03/2025For 33+ years, in my lab, I have hosted bright scholars from around the world. With the current hostility to science and xenophobia, I hope young minds, a constant source of inspiration, do not turn away from the US. A short video--Hilary Serra, @pcfn.bsky.social 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhtr...youtube.comHilary Serra - Studying Nature is Complicated!YouTube video by Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics 0154
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsAnjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · 26/02/2025My conversation about beautiful conversation with Daniel Stillman just released. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...podcasts.apple.comYour Brain on Beautiful Conversations with Anjan ChatterjeePodcast Episode · The Conversation Factory · 02/25/2025 · 51m 063
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 12/02/2025that one researcher who always wants to run a deception study collecting PHI using an investigational device: 021
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 06/02/2025As the new Artwork Editors for Cortex, we (Anjan and Bella) hope to honor former EIC Sergio Della Sala’s tradition of choosing cover art that is not simply illustrative but leaves the viewer with MORE questions www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...psychologytoday.comHow Art Can Enhance ScienceArt and science can be aligned in different ways. We describe one use of art as a tool: using ambiguity to evoke curiosity. 095
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsAnjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · 02/02/2025For those with the luxury of time (and interest) this is a lovely 1 hour conversation I had about the evolution of neuroaesthetics and where we in my center @pcfn.bsky.social are in our thinking. www.buzzsprout.com/2282727/epis...buzzsprout.comFrom Brain to Home: How our Built Environment Impacts Who We Are with Dr. Anjan Chatterjee, Part 1 - On the Table with AshleyNeuroaesthetics 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... 084
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025This Friday, our center is thrilled to cohost (and attend!) this presentation by Dr. Jill Sonke. The connection between arts and wellness is a growing focus of ours. Noon EST, DM for Zoom 🔗 (but Penn affiliates pls come in-person for 🍕) Cohosted with @pennmindcore.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsAnjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · 12/12/2024A short video sponsored by the Templeton Religion Trust on the work we are doing at the @pcfn.bsky.social as part of the Art Seeks Understanding initiative. #art #artsci 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsKv...youtube.comDoes Art Promote Understanding? A Behavioural & Neuroscientific Inquiry | Anjan Chatterjee, UPennYouTube video by Templeton Religion Trust 0146
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsEdward Vessel @edwardvessel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Job alert! Intl Arts + Minds Lab is seeking a Project Manager for their Intentional Spaces Project. See link for details. drive.google.com/file/d/1L072...drive.google.comIntentional Spaces Job Description_Nov2024.pdf 053
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsAnjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I was interviewed for the PBS News Hour for an exhibit motivated by neuroaesthetics, which I helped curate with Laura Hales at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Just dropped a couple of days ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxOS...youtube.com'Brains and Beauty' exhibit explores how the mind processes art and aesthetic experiencesYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 0184
Reposted by Penn Center for NeuroaestheticsHannah Merseal @hannahmerseal.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Thanks to the @pcfn.bsky.social for the daily dose of creativity and tolerance for statistics 011
