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Understanding the wow factor

What links a neuroscientist with a social anthropologist and the UK's premier independent art charity? The answer is the visual perception of art. When, why and how are individuals moved by a piece of art in a museum or gallery? These are the questions to be examined between the world renowned Department of Museum Studies and the Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester, in collaboration with The Art Fund…



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