The Connection of the Brain and Beauty with Anjan Chatterjee

Anjan Chatterjee is a Professor of Neurology, Psychology, and Architecture and the founding Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics.  He has won awards for his work in the fields of cognitive neurology as well as psychology and art and has written some fascinating books on these topics.    In this episode you will learn about:   How our brains respond to beauty. How the human experience of beauty is malleable and why this matters. What the evaluation of art looks like in the brain. The potential for misuse of neuroaesthetics in the art industry.