"The brain responds to mathematical beauty in the same way that it does to music and art, according to new research conducted by a team from University College London.
After analysing the reactions of 15 mathematicians to formulae through brain imaging, researchers found that the brain reacts similarly to seeing a beautiful equation as it does to magnificent art or music." http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/study-shows-that-the-brain-reacts-to-beautiful-mathematics-in-the-same-way-as-great-art-9126589.html Not sure how it relates to this: "According to a recent study published in the journal Social Neuroscience, looking at faces crafted from colons and parentheses can trigger the same facial recognition response in the occipitotemporal parts of brain that takes place when we gaze into meatspace visages of other humans." http://www.wired.com/underwire/2014/02/brain-smiley-emoticon-science/ - Rob. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
