We are represented in every time block today at @iaea-jena2026.bsky.social 🥰

Day 1 at @iaea-jena2026.bsky.social has been a blast! 3x talks from our group - facial aesthetics, a new inclusive measure of aesthetic engagement, and harnessing the power of AI to assess qualitative responses. Today - catch @hannahmerseal.bsky.social’s talk in the “Aesthetic Brains” session 🧠🎨

Bias against people with facial differences is strong, but not categorical www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

The Facial Anomaly-Is-Bad Bias: A Fragile Stereotype

Automatic categorization of people based on visual features helps us navigate a complex world, but it also produces bias. Facial scars, however, are weaker cues than sex and race.

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Come visit us in Philly! Anjan Chatterjee will be leading a symposium on collaboration between artists and scientists

Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity@tsfnc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢We are so excited to share a peek into our program for SfNC 2026: Liberty to Create! From June 1-3, we're bringing together the world's leading researchers, artists and practitioners exploring the neuroscience of creativity. ⏰ Early bird rates end in a week: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-lib...

In this Voices from the Field, we speak with Daisy Fancourt, Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology and Head of the Social Biobehavioural Research Group at University College London, about how art shapes health & wellbeing. Her book, Art Cure, has just been released Article: tinyurl.com/4zujnkf8

We are thrilled to announce our 2026 keynote speakers for SfNC Liberty to Create—leaders in the empirical study of aesthetic experience, artistic production, and appreciation. Have you participated in a successful artist–researcher collaboration? Submit an abstract—we want to hear from you!

Earlier this week, I posted a video with Dr. Anjan Chatterjee for my ongoing Philly Arts Report series with @thephilacitizen.bsky.social. Dr. Anjan has been studying the effects of murals in Philly. Today, we focus in on his answer to one question: Why is access to art so important right now?

Why are Philly’s murals so important? How do they compare to others kinds of art from around the globe? And how can the City better support the arts? For today’s Philly Arts Report we talk with Anjan Chatterjee, the Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics.

A few of our lab members are involved in organizing this meeting and it’s sure to be a blast. Hope to see you there!

Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity@tsfnc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We’re thrilled to announce SfNC2026: Liberty to Create The 11th annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) will take place June 1–3, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This year, we're letting the arts take center stage. Learn more here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-lib...

Exciting News: IAM Lab is Hiring the Inaugural Neuroarts Research Lead We are thrilled to announce that the IAM Lab is accepting applications for the Inaugural Neuroarts Research Lead, marking a transformative step forward for the evolving interdisciplinary field of neuroarts. tinyurl.com/4wjdnavh

Submissions are now open! The 2026 IAEA Congress invites researchers, scholars, and artists from different domains and countries to present and share empirical research on aesthetics, creativity, and the psychology and neurobiology of the arts and aesthetics.

We are recruiting for a paid VR study! If you’ve been wanting to try Apple Vision Pro, here’s your chance.

Road trip down to Maryland! How far would you travel for a special participant group?

📣 New Paper Alert! My PhD student Hannah Ovadia and I wrote a concise update on “The Role of the Default Mode Network (DMN) in Aesthetic Appeal” to synthesize evidence, highlight issues, and most importantly, consider theoretical alternatives. Free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lz-h8MqMi...

We had a great day of presentations with our friends at Mural Arts and the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project @ Penn. Long overdue and looking forward to continuing the conversation!

How we subconsciously reach towards beauty 🫳 www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

Are You Moved by Beauty?

Beauty is in the hand more than in the eye of the beholder.

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💥 New paper alert! 💥 We find that with guided slow-looking, some felt emotions are enhanced more than others www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Slow-looking enhances aesthetic experience

People typically rush past artworks in museums, limiting their ability to benefit from meaningful engagement with art. We tested the hypothesis that slow-looking allows prolonged contemplation of a...

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It’s ok, we’re happy for you guys 🥲

Incorporating feminist approaches in psychological science: why, what, and where. From @helenahartmann.com, @kohinoordarda.bsky.social, @v-meletaki.bsky.social, @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1525/coll...

We're hosting a community teach-in at Pennovation in Grey's Ferry on Friday, August 15 from 5:30-7 PM. Philly neighbors who are curious about brain science and what a brain looks like in an fMRI machine are invited to join us for this free event. RSVP required. @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Philly folks: come see our MRI facility and hear about the research happening here actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-.... There will be snacks!

We're catching up with Mariola as she wraps up her postdoc with us, looking at bright spots in the last 2 years and exciting future directions! Mariola, how did it all begin?

Pleased to be featured in the inaugural installment of the Neuroarts resource center new interview series: Voices from the filed. 🧪. www.neuroartsresourcecenter.com/post/voices-...

Recruitment tip: participants LOVE going home with a bespoke fridge magnet of their scan! A DIY magnet press was a great investment for our lab

For our friends in Paris at @tsfnc.bsky.social this week: our visiting Fulbright alum Gyulten Hyusein will be presenting some findings about gesture, creativity, and aging in the symposium on Thursday, 10:15, Amp. E. 🖐️🤯🤚

Why use our new library of 300+ art images for your experiment? 🌍 Intentionally inclusive of non-Western art 😀😵‍💫😢 Normed for 11 emotional states each 📊 Interactive data viz for stimulus selection Got questions? Let us know! doi.org/10.1037/aca0...

Today we're launching the first-of-its-kind Neuroarts Resource Center (NRC), a groundbreaking global digital platform created by the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative, where people passionate about the arts and aesthetics come together to connect, collaborate and learn. www.neuroartsresourcecenter.com

I was interviewed as part of this article on Neuroaesthetics. Also featuring @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social www.theoverview.art/neuroaesthet...

Neuroaesthetics: Unlocking How Art Can Make Us Smarter, Happier, and Healthier

Neuroaesthetics, an emerging field of research, studies how the arts can enhance our health and wellbeing.

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If you are in NYC, come on May 2- 3 @ the Center for Performance Research to watch the performance 'intero' choreographed by Spenser Stroud, performed by 3 amazing dancers and inspired by my PhD work on interoception and emotion perception. 🧠🫀🫁🩰 Info & tickets: www.cprnyc.org/events/eury-...

@CPR | Eury German & Spenser Stroud: Cyclic — Center for Performance Research

Tickets: $25 Purchase Tickets Friday, May 2 at 7:30 PM Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 PM A split-bill evening of dance that fuses two distinct yet interwoven choreographic works that explore the se...

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We were surprised to find no major differences in experiencing art in the museum vs. the lab, suggesting that the meaning and emotion imbued in art can transcend contexts. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

Is Art Appreciation Going Digital?

Can viewing art digitally match the magic of standing face-to-face with an original? Our research challenges long-held intuitions about the power of presence.

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