When judging artworks' visual complexity, people don’t rely only on their visual features.
They also consider valence: negative valence increases judged complexity, while positive valence reduces it.
Information about the artworks attenuates this affective influence.
doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70037
They also consider valence: negative valence increases judged complexity, while positive valence reduces it.
Information about the artworks attenuates this affective influence.
doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70037
<em>British Journal of Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Visual complexity is a key factor in perceptual and evaluative judgments. People's representation of visual complexity is constructed from quantitative and structural image features, but it is also i...
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October 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
When judging artworks' visual complexity, people don’t rely only on their visual features.
They also consider valence: negative valence increases judged complexity, while positive valence reduces it.
Information about the artworks attenuates this affective influence.
doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70037
They also consider valence: negative valence increases judged complexity, while positive valence reduces it.
Information about the artworks attenuates this affective influence.
doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70037
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When 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...
A comparison of art engagement in museums and through digital media - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A comparison of art engagement in museums and through digital media
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March 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When 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...
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After a lot of work, I'm overjoyed to share that our lab is complete with the last additions: Victor & Ford Transit 🎉
April 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
After a lot of work, I'm overjoyed to share that our lab is complete with the last additions: Victor & Ford Transit 🎉
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"Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique" by @mnadal.bsky.social and I has been accepted for publication in Physics of Life Reviews.
The pre-proof version is online at the following URL:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The pre-proof version is online at the following URL:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique
Can art improve health and wellbeing? The claim that there is strong evidence that engaging with art ameliorates symptoms of mental and physical disor…
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March 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique" by @mnadal.bsky.social and I has been accepted for publication in Physics of Life Reviews.
The pre-proof version is online at the following URL:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The pre-proof version is online at the following URL:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Is interoceptive sensing unified across internal organs? 🫀🫁 Our high-powered psychophysical study (N=241) suggests not. Bayesian evidence indicates interoceptive processes are largely modality-specific—challenging the idea of a unitary interoceptive sense.
🔗 Read here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🔗 Read here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
March 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Is interoceptive sensing unified across internal organs? 🫀🫁 Our high-powered psychophysical study (N=241) suggests not. Bayesian evidence indicates interoceptive processes are largely modality-specific—challenging the idea of a unitary interoceptive sense.
🔗 Read here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🔗 Read here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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For 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...
From Brain to Home: How our Built Environment Impacts Who We Are with Dr. Anjan Chatterjee, Part 1 - On the Table with Ashley
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...
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February 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
For 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...
Reposted by Marcos Nadal
My conversation about beautiful conversation with Daniel Stillman just released. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
Your Brain on Beautiful Conversations with Anjan Chatterjee
Podcast Episode · The Conversation Factory · 02/25/2025 · 51m
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February 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
My conversation about beautiful conversation with Daniel Stillman just released. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
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In a @currentbiology.bsky.social paper earlier this year, led by @laurawesseldijk.bsky.social, we analysed Beethoven’s genome with a polygenic index related to musicality, as a way to communicate limits of genetic predictions at the individual level & the complexity of links between DNA & behaviour:
Notes from Beethoven’s genome
Wesseldijk et al. compare the genomic information collected from Ludwig van Beethoven with population-based datasets used to quantify musical achievement.
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December 5, 2024 at 8:45 PM
In a @currentbiology.bsky.social paper earlier this year, led by @laurawesseldijk.bsky.social, we analysed Beethoven’s genome with a polygenic index related to musicality, as a way to communicate limits of genetic predictions at the individual level & the complexity of links between DNA & behaviour:
Aesthetic experience reconsidered: The sensory valuation account of aesthetic experience. doi.org/10.1038/s441... #Neuroaesthetics #EmpiricalAesthetics #AestheticExperience @natrevpsych.bsky.social
The sensory valuation account of aesthetic experience - Nature Reviews Psychology
Aesthetic experience has traditionally been considered a unique kind of experience that occurs when people view specific objects such as artwork. In this Perspective, Nadal and Skov posit an account o...
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November 28, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Aesthetic experience reconsidered: The sensory valuation account of aesthetic experience. doi.org/10.1038/s441... #Neuroaesthetics #EmpiricalAesthetics #AestheticExperience @natrevpsych.bsky.social