Neurologist, Cognitive Neuroscientist. Director: Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics https://neuroaesthetics.med.upenn.edu/
Author: The Aesthetic Brain
Anjan Chatterjee
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Our report of variability within components of aesthetic experiences. Going Beyond Beauty: Characterizing the Complexity of Aesthetic Experiences - Estrada Gonzalez - 2026 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - Wiley Online Library nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What is the relationship between art, mind, and transcendence. This episode of Closer to Truth explores this fascinating question.
closertotruth.com/video/how-do...
Highly recommended!
A report on our recent study on nature and biophilic design. Designing for the Mind | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...
Our take on the new movie, contextualized by our neuroaesthetics research. @pcfn.bsky.social. New Frankenstein, Old Biases | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...
Our take about the importance of slowing down in this manic world and "How Slow-Looking Changes Our Experience of Art" | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...
Beyond Beauty: How Art Experiences Converge and Diverge. our take. Even we like art works similarly, our reasons for liking them can vary. | Psychology Today (also, at the end of the post, there is a link to sign up to receive our posts by enail). www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...
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/
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2026 IAEA Awards 🏆
Anjan Chatterjee - Fechner Award
Edward A. Vessel - Washburn Award
Aenne Brielmann - Baumgarten Award
Katherine Cotter - Baumgarten Award
Congratulations! 🎉
Award winners will be honored at IAEA2026 in Jena and deliver an address
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
Aesthetic experience extends beyond beauty and liking. Using a structured taxonomy of emotional and cognitive impacts, we measured agreement in responses to artworks. Additionally, we tested such agr...
Liking the same art does not mean having the same experience. Understanding aesthetic experiences requires looking beyond simple preference into more nuanced emotional responses.
