Thursday, May 19, 2011

Looking at Art Feels Like Falling in Love

The Huffington Post reported this week that a new study performed by University College London’s Semir Zeki, professor of neuroesthetics shows that the chemical process triggered in the brain when a person is falling in love is the same as when a person views a beautiful work of art. In both cases our brains produce dopamine, giving us a case of the feel-goods.

We’ve always suspected there was a connection between art and love; it’s just that now science is backing up that assumption. Given this understanding, the popularity of the works of artists like Tracey Emin makes sense. [READ MORE HERE]

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