Gustav Klimt in the Brain Lab

“We’re attracted to the painting because of the symbols, the gold, but it’s Adele’s face that really draws us into it,” Kandel said. “Because the painting may have had this effect on Lauder, and we all have the same anatomy, the implication is there must be something special in the art to set off the physiological triggers of attraction and love,” Kandel explained. This is where the other half of brain function, the “top-down process,” was apparent, Kandel said.

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