Experiencing Art: It's a Whole-Brain Issue, Stupid!
Experiencing art: In the brain of the beholder.read more
View ArticlePsychocinematics: Cognition at the Movies
Discovering the Magic of Movies in the Laboratoryread more
View ArticleThe Creativity of Advertising, Media, & Movies: Got Art?
Experiencing Art: It's All Around Usread more
View ArticleReconstructing Memories With the Stories We Tell
Our recollections are stories, which are partly true and partly fiction.read more
View ArticleThe Extraordinary Views of David Hockney
That "wow" experience while viewing art comes when our sensory, conceptual, and emotional processes are jacked up to the max.read more
View ArticleWatching Movies for the First Time: What Does It Take?
How would you respond to a movie, if you've never seen one before?read more
View ArticleCreativity and Art Expression
When we create art and when we experience it, we draw on knowledge—about the human condition, about our culture's plight, about personal experiences, and about the art process itself. There is a link...
View ArticleCultural Perspectives in Film: The Wind Rises
In the movies, we expect to have a defined bad guy that the hero must overcome and defeat, whereas in Eastern cultures, good and bad often depends one's perspective. read more
View ArticleSurrealism, Creativity, and the Prefrontal Cortex
What does surrealism, creativity, and the prefrontal cortex have in common?read more
View ArticleIt's An Acquired Taste: How Knowledge Drives Aesthetics
What does it mean when someone says, "It's an acquired taste"?read more
View ArticleStorytelling and the Rhythm of Movies
Storytelling and movies go hand in hand...we love a good plot.read more
View ArticleDocumentaries Are Us: Real Life Stories as Stories
Four recently released documentary movies offer glimpses into our goals, drives, and obsessions.read more
View Article"Boyhood" and The Psychology of Art and Reality
We expect certain things when we experience art than when we experience reality. The film, Boyhood, is a fascinating work that merges the two. read more
View ArticleThe Slow Art Movement: It's More than Meets the Eye
Seeing, learning, and feeling—these should be the features of our art experience be it at a museum, outside, or on the web. read more
View ArticleHappy Holidays: 'Tis the Season to be Merry with Movies
Holidays and movies go hand in handread more
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