The Aesthetic Brain: Anjan Chatterjee on Beauty, Buildings, and Art
The Skylight room (9100), The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Ave, New YorkUsing the latest advances in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Anjan Chatterjee investigates how an aesthetic sense is etched in our minds and explains why art is central to our lives. Chatterjee is the author of The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art and founding director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics.