Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on ...

These paintings are both by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian but display strikingly different styles. The house on the left is ...

“At first glance the irregular shapes and geometric patterns of abstract art could appear difficult for the human brain to interpret. Art exhibitions like this one at the Saatchi Gallery in ...

The participants were placed in a brain scanner while they viewed both abstract and realistic art paintings. Before we get to the findings ... tools getting sophisticated enough to probe the human ...