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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · 15d

Highly recommended!

Steven Weisberg @stevenmweisberg.bsky.social · 15d

🚨The SCANN Lab @ UTA is hiring a postdoctoral researcher!🚨

Topics: 🧭 spatial navigation, 🧠 fMRI, 🎮 VR, 👵 cognitive aging.

Start date: Nov 2025 (flexible).

Salary: NIH levels.

Details 👇

Flyer detailing information about the position, compensation, and requirements.

If you need alt-text details to apply for this position, please email Steven Weisberg at steven dot weisberg @ uta dot edu for more information! We'd love to have you on board :)

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · 28d

now THAT is a deep cut- work from the 90s!

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Sep 3

What is the relationship between art, mind, and transcendence. This episode of Closer to Truth explores this fascinating question.
closertotruth.com/video/how-do...

closertotruth.com

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Giacomo Bignardi @giacomobignardi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Sometimes, to communicate science, we should choose "art that [is] ambiguous, that confuse and unsettle. Images that provoke more than illustrate."

Reminds me of the Cortex journal cover case and @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social commentary on it

The curious case of Cortex covers

www.sciencedirect.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Aug 25

One set of ideas that include language: psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

APA PsycNet

psycnet.apa.org

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Aug 15

A report on our recent study on nature and biophilic design. Designing for the Mind | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

Designing for the Mind

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

www.psychologytoday.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Jul 31

How do you think of art and science? More specifically, about artists in residence programs? Here is our version of one such program. 🧪
thepenngazette.com/glass-cosmos/

Glass Cosmos

thepenngazette.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Jul 22

Longevity seems to be everywhere, with acolytes and enthusiasts abounding. Some cautionary comments. The Long and Short of Longevity: Why More Might Be Less | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

The Long and Short of Longevity: Why More Might Be Less

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.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Jul 22

Yes. Worrisome indeed.

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Jun 25

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5nK...

Beauty + Morality, Then Add Alcohol... With Mariola Paruzel-Czachura

YouTube video by Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics

www.youtube.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Jun 25

One joy of running a lab is to host the best and brightest from around the world- a practice sadly under threat. From @moralnosc.bsky.social on the science of beauty and morality and her stay at @pcfn.bsky.social 🧪

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Jun 16

Looking forward to giving 3 talks at the Brain, Behavior, and Emotions conference. Also excited- first time in Brazil! braincongress.com.br/evento/brain...

Congress on Brain, Behavior and Emotions 2025

braincongress.com.br

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Jun 11

Pleased to be featured in the inaugural installment of the Neuroarts resource center new interview series: Voices from the filed. 🧪. www.neuroartsresourcecenter.com/post/voices-...

Voices from the Field: Anjan Chatterjee :: Neuroarts Resource Center

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

www.neuroartsresourcecenter.com

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · May 27

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...

Thousands of people have paid for Dale Bredesen’s unconventional program to reverse Alzheimer’s symptoms. The medical establishment says there’s little to no proof it works.

An Expensive Alzheimer’s Lifestyle Plan Offers False Hope, Experts Say

www.nytimes.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · May 20

Some thoughts on the many promises of neurotech. Neuroscams: Buyers Beware | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

Neuroscams: Buyers Beware

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

www.psychologytoday.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · May 16

With the usual caveats of the need for more and better studies. Yet, the evidence does support the use of some kinds of art in clinical spaces. 🧪A Room with a View (of Art) | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

A Room with a View (of Art)

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

www.psychologytoday.com

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Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI) @caci-silkroad.bsky.social · Apr 24

🤔💭 Check out the recent Psychology Today article by Anjan Chatterjee about CACI Chairman S. Frederick Starr’s book, Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia’s Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane

🔗 Read the @psychologytoday.com article by @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social here: buff.ly/MCfwI16

The Rise, Flower, and Fall of a Renaissance

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

www.psychologytoday.com

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Edward Vessel @edwardvessel.bsky.social · Apr 24

I was interviewed as part of this article on Neuroaesthetics. Also featuring @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social

www.theoverview.art/neuroaesthet...

Neuroaesthetics: Unlocking How Art Can Make Us Smarter, Happier, and Healthier

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

www.theoverview.art

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you for writing. I hope you continue reporting in this vein.

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Apr 23

Lovely write up of our artist-in-residence @judithschaechter.bsky.social at the @pcfn.bsky.social written by @sarcher.bsky.social . Scientific inspiration made manifest in art. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/a...

At a Pennsylvania Museum, an Artist’s Glass Dome Provides Sanctuary (Gift Article)

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.

www.nytimes.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Apr 22

A natural history of innovation in #science, #math, astronomy, #arts, and #culture. The Rise, Flower, and Fall of a Renaissance | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

The Rise, Flower, and Fall of a Renaissance

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

www.psychologytoday.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Apr 6

Our artist-in-residence @judithschaechter.bsky.social meditates on her time at the @pcfn.bsky.social. An Artist’s Immersion Into Neuroaesthetics | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

An Artist’s Immersion Into Neuroaesthetics

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.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Mar 27

A non-technical description of a peer-reviewed paper I posted about a few days ago. Surprising findings (to me). Lesson: deeply held intuitions sometimes do not survive scientific scrutiny. 🧪 Is Art Appreciation Going Digital? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

Is 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.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Mar 24

Are #nature imagery and other kinds of art helpful in #health-care environments? Our review of what is likely to be helpful, in what context, and how we can move forward to better ground the role of #art in #health. 🧪https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/7/1027

www.mdpi.com

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Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social · Mar 24

The brain drain... 🧪 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst

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

www.theguardian.com

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