HIV infection prevents myelin-associated oligodendrocytes from maturing, this, in turn, hampers white matter production in the brain.
Viewing art you find aesthetically pleasing can help boost your personal creativity, researchers report.
Impaired motor function, such as that experienced by Parkinson's patients, appears to influence the perception of art, researchers report.
Deep layers of artificial neural networks can be edited to generate surprising and abstract images.
Mixing materials allow for more varied and nuanced expressions of artistic creativity in children.
When we see a painting, we rate its aesthetic value based upon other artwork we have just seen.
The average American can assess mathematical arguments for beauty just as they can for art or music. Using nine criteria for beauty, including elegance, intricacy, and universality, people were more likely to agree about the specific ways four different proofs were beautiful. The study sheds new light on broader issues in how and why humans have aesthetic experiences of abstract ideas.
Neuroscientists draw the conclusion Mona Lisa's famous enigmatic smile isn's a genuine smile at all.
Researchers propose Leonardo da Vinci's dyslexia may have contributed to his creativity and artistic skills.
A new study reveals couples who create art or play board games together release oxytocin. Researchers report males release 2 to 2.5 times more oxytocin when creating art with their loved one.
Researchers report the reason for da Vinci's artistic genius may be the result of an eye condition that gave him an unusual ability to recreate 3D shapes. The study reports a number of other great masters may also have suffered from the same condition.
Researchers discover a correlation between clinical symptoms of PTSD, depression and anxiety in visual self expression masks service members were asked to create during art therapy.
