neuroaesthetics, how beauty excites the brain.


	neuroaesthetics, how beauty excites the brain.

wildcat

4-2-2009 6:23 AM

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beauty, brain

wildcat says:

all in the mind?

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4-2-2009 9:11 AM

debbyski

More like in the eye of the beholder

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