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Does abstract art leave you feeling in awe or annoyed? Art can provoke powerful experiences, making one feel overcome by the experience of beauty. Are there beauty universals based in evolution and biology, or is beauty in the eye of a culturally conditioned beholder? In this episode of Minds Matter, Beth Fisher and Ava Ma de Sousa enter the fray to examine what neuroscience and psychology can add to the debate on aesthetics. Research discussed & further material at https://www.mindsmatterpodcast.com/ep-12-your-mind-on-art