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·November 12, 2015·5 min read

This is Your Brain on Art

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

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·January 4, 2016·5 min read

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

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

Image shows the painting, Christina's World.

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·May 6, 2016·2 min read

Deciphering the Disease Behind Christina’s World

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

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·June 15, 2016·5 min read

Making Art Reduces Stress Hormones

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.

Image shows Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night.

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·September 19, 2016·4 min read

Neuroscience Study Supports 200 Year Old Art Theory

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

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·December 5, 2016·6 min read

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

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

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·December 29, 2016·3 min read

Paint Strokes May Help to Identify Alzheimer’s

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

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·December 4, 2017·3 min read

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

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.

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·January 29, 2018·3 min read

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

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.

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·April 13, 2018·3 min read

Art is in the Eye of the Beholder

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

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·May 14, 2018·3 min read

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

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

these are masks created by the service members

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·June 12, 2018·5 min read

Content of Service Members’ Art Linked to Their Trauma Levels

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.