During aesthetically appealing visual experiences, visual content provides a basis for computation of affectively tinged...
Motivation and Emotion
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Computational neuroscientists discover a rich interplay of emotions, experiences, and decision making. Any stock...
The role that feedback plays in learning
Science on film series, episode 2 When we learn something new, we acquire knowledge, skills and abilities. In doing so, we...
Research team receives 1.5 million euros to develop algorithms...
The grant is part of a Volkswagen Foundation funding program that aims at establishing an interdisciplinary network of...
In a tight spot
A newly discovered circuit helps fish to prioritize. Being constantly flooded by a mass of stimuli, it is impossible for...
What social distancing does to a brain
Scientists discover a neuropeptide that reflects the current state of a fish’s social environment. Have you recently...
The Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA): A Screening Tool...
People differ in how they respond to artworks. Measuring such individual differences is helpful for explaining response...
Neuroaesthetics
Neuroaesthetics uses the tools of psychology and neuroscience to understand the nature of aesthetic experiences, such as...
The facial expressions of mice
The face of a mouse reveals its emotions. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology are the first to...
Listening to birdsong reveals basic features of rate perception...
The timing of acoustic events is central to human speech and music. Tempo tends to be slower in aesthetic contexts: rates...