Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 2, 2025. Find that audio here. For many of us, making art is not something that we do daily, but drawing, painting, or sculpting with clay can ...

Introduction. The emergence of a reductionist school of abstract art in New York -- The Beginning of a Scientific Approach to Art -- The Biology of the Beholder's Share: Visual Perception and ...

Years ago, I worked with an emergency room nurse I’ll call Lisa, who sought my help after a horrific day in the emergency room. “We lost a child today due to child abuse. The little one’s body was so ...

These paintings are both by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian but display strikingly different styles. The house on the left is representational; the colorful squares on the right are more abstract. In a ...

Imagine standing in front of a painting, its colors and shapes pulling you into a world of emotion and thought. Perhaps you feel joy, nostalgia, or even sadness. What is happening in your brain at ...

Participant outfitted in electrode cap and eye tracker looks at Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (c. 1665) at the Mauritshuis (all images courtesy the Mauritshuis) A neurological study ...

FORM OF A VERY SPECIAL APP. IF I TOUCH THIS AND THIS, I DON’T FEEL ANYTHING ON THIS SIDE AT ALL. SO THERE’S NO SENSATION. SANDHYA JEJURIKAR HAS NO FEELING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE AND NO HEARING ...

A McMurry University student’s fight to heal after a brain tumor diagnosis is bringing the Abilene community together through ...