A new study has analyzed what happens in people's brains when they look at abstract art. Published in the journal PNAS, the ...

Freedberg’s study is part of the new but growing field of neuroaesthetics, which explores how the brain processes a work of art. The discipline ... our understanding of human aesthetic ...

Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret ... sophisticated enough to probe the human mind and find any answers.