Neuroscientists should worry less about testing abstract qualities such as beauty, and work with art historians towards a concrete understanding of types of viewing, argues Martin Kemp.
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1Rembrandt's self-portrait is on the left.
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Kemp, M. Art history's window onto the mind. Nature 461, 882–883 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461882a
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