Using 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5ly9YaQXN0 Today’s computers are composing music that sounds “more Bach than Bach,” turning photographs into paintings in the style of Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and even writing screenplays. But are algorithms truly creative—or are they merely tools to be used by musicians, artists, and writers? Join physicist and author Arthur I. Miller (The Artist [...]