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Neuroaesthetics

Semir Zeki, the Pietà by Michelangelo and the Bicycle Wheel by Marcel Duchamp

Beauty and the Neuroscientist — A Conversation on Neuroaesthetics with Semir Zeki

10 October 2025 19 min read Paid

Can a brain scan prove you're lying about beauty? Does hate have evolutionary advantages? In this interview, neurobiologist Semir Zeki—father of neuroaesthetics—challenges our assumptions about art, love, and what it means to experience something as beautiful.

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