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Content of Service Members’ Art Linked to Their Trauma Levels

Neuroscience NewsJune 12, 2018

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.... Read More...

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How Our Ancestors with Autistic Traits Led a Revolution in Ice Age Art

Neuroscience NewsMay 14, 2018

A new study reveals a common autistic trait, the ability to focus on detail, may have allowed realism to flourish in Upper Paleolithic art.... Read More...

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Art is in the Eye of the Beholder

Neuroscience NewsApril 13, 2018

A new study examines how a person's mental state affects how they look at a piece of art.... Read More...

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Mate Choice Copying in Humans – Are All the Taken Men Good?

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 29, 2018

Researchers report a woman's attraction to a man may be boosted if his photo is rated higher by others. However, this also applies to abstract art.... Read More...

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Beautifully Sad: Why We Enjoy Negative Emotions in Movies and Art

Neuroscience NewsDecember 4, 2017

Why do we seem to enjoy movies and art that are emotionally negative or designed to make us feel sad? Researchers from Max Planck Institute have developed a new model that may help explain this paradox.... Read More...

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Paint Strokes May Help to Identify Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience NewsDecember 29, 2016

Researchers report Alzheimer's can be detected before diagnosis by looking at, and applying mathematical analysis, to their painting styles.... Read More...

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“Shock and Kill” Strategy for Curing HIV May Endanger Patients’ Brains

Neuroscience NewsDecember 5, 2016

The 'shock and kill' therapeutic strategy for treating HIV could potentially cause harmful neuroinflammation, a new study reveals.... Read More...

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Neuroscience Study Supports 200 Year Old Art Theory

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 19, 2016

Being told an image is a work of art changes people's responses on both a neural and behavioral level, a new study reports.... Read More...

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Making Art Reduces Stress Hormones

Neuroscience NewsJune 15, 2016

No matter whether you're a Rembrandt or can just about manage to draw a stick figure, creating art can help to reduce cortisol levels, a new study reports.... Read More...

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Deciphering the Disease Behind Christina’s World

Neuroscience NewsMay 6, 2016

Researchers believe the subject of a world famous painting may have suffered from Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease.... Read More...

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Infertility Treatments Don’t Appear to Contribute to Developmental Delays in Offspring

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 4, 2016

A new study reports children conceived with help of infertility treatments are no more likely to suffer from developmental delays than those conceived naturally.... Read More...

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This is Your Brain on Art

Neuroscience NewsNovember 12, 2015

Researchers take their study out of the lab and into the real world to see what happens in the brain as people observe artwork.... Read More...

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