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Art, Neuroaesthetics & Semir Zeki

by Doroteja on September 3, 2009

in Art is Everywhere

Image by ??ln? via Flickr The father of “neuroaesthetics” (a phrase he coined), Semir Zeki is a scientist who studies how the brain is affected by our perception of art. In 2007 he was granted 1 million pounds (approx. $1,358,331.95 USD) to explore the ways in which art and beauty are functions of the physiology [...]

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