Neuroscience & Neurology
June 9, 2006
Neurology and the Passion for Art
Why is it that great works of art seem to have a universal appeal, transcending cultural and geographic boundaries?
– V.S. Ramachandran, Director of UCSD’s Center for Brain and Cognition.
To learn about what art really is in the eye of Ramachandran, watch his interview and read John Hyman’s Art and Neuroscience.
Tony Brown, BA, EMT
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