How does our brain choose the best course of action? Choices between material goods are
thought to be steered by neural value signals that encode the rewarding properties of the�…

Brain imaging studies in humans have shown that face processing in several areas is
modulated by the affective significance of faces, particularly with fearful expressions, but�…

The book you are about to read is about research that asks questions like" How do our
senses operate?"" What is the connection between nervous system activity and perception?"�…

Understanding how the brain computes value is a basic question in neuroscience. Although
individual studies have driven this progress, meta-analyses provide an opportunity to test�…

The 'eye contact effect'is the phenomenon that perceived eye contact with another human
face modulates certain aspects of the concurrent and/or immediately following cognitive�…

Modern neuroimaging provides a common platform for neuroscience and related disciplines
to explore the human brain, mind, and behavior. We base our review on the social shaping�…

We form first impressions from faces despite warnings not to do so. Moreover, there is
considerable agreement in our impressions, which carry significant social outcomes�…

We wanted to learn whether activity in the same area (s) of the brain correlate with the
experience of beauty derived from different sources. 21 subjects took part in a brain�…

The Aesthetic Brain takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey through the world of beauty,
pleasure, and art. Chatterjee uses neuroscience to probe how an aesthetic sense is etched�…

The field of neuroaesthetics has gained in popularity in recent years but also attracted
criticism from the perspectives both of the humanities and the sciences. In an effort to�…