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Your brain on art

Nobel laureate Eric Kandel on what Viennese painting tells us about neuroscience–and vice-versa

By Joshua Rothman

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  April 22, 2012

Celebrated neuroscientist Eric Kandel talks to Joshua Rothman about the growing field of neuroaesthetics and how the brain interacts with another of his passions, Viennese painting.

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