Artists again led the way … science has only just caught up…
Author: Cecilia Wong
Do Americans See Differently from Asians? The Myth Revealed
Researchers at the University of Michigan measured the eye movements of American and Chinese graduate students who viewed photographs
The Human Brain Project – A Virtual Brain on the Horizon
Oh, a schizophrenic mouse! This or that part of the brain lights up when we are deciding to eat this pie or that…An ‘experiment’ using MRI to find out why women like shoes …
How to Tell Good Art? Will Peer Review Work?
I write about art and science, their similarities and differences, their struggles and conciliations; how they are perceived…
Of (Schizophrenic) Mice and Man – Genes Don’t Tell All
Genes, epigenetics & molecules in mental illnesses…and creativity?
The Aesthetic Experience Exposed – The Science
The New York critic Peter Schjeldahl’s flip-flop last year in his opinion of a painting, Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907), by Gustav Klimt started
With Open Arms – The New Berkeley Art Museum
The New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic, Holland Cotter has written about the wonders and possibilities of university museums. After viewing
NEWS: WINTER 2012 – Happenings in Art, Science and Other Stuff
HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS: Your brain wiring in 3-D…
The Human Connectome Project can now scan and show all the wiring in your brain – but not yet
ABOUT THIS BLOG
ABOUT THIS BLOG I report on the latest trends in science and the arts. I search the literature and news (and the world, in my travels) for instances where the two touch—inside the human body, sometimes quite funny. Check out the site… click the tag cloud… ENJOY. Happy travels!
Mao Revolution in Shantou – Art in the Provinces
Red Dreams, 2007, Zheng Yunghua, Shantou University, China
Here’s a refreshing piece of art – one made far away from