Identifying Parts of the Brain That Light Up for Beauty

The World
The World

Beauty may well be in the eye of the beholder, but it is also in the beholder’s brain. A new study by British researchers has identified the region of the brain that lights up when we see or hear something beautiful.The World’s Marco Werman speaks with study author Semir Zeki.

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