Submissions are now open! The 2026 IAEA Congress invites researchers, scholars, and artists from different domains and countries to present and share empirical research on aesthetics, creativity, and the psychology and neurobiology of the arts and aesthetics.

Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026. The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social. Please apply here until Nov 25: www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

📣 New Paper Alert! My PhD student Hannah Ovadia and I wrote a concise update on “The Role of the Default Mode Network (DMN) in Aesthetic Appeal” to synthesize evidence, highlight issues, and most importantly, consider theoretical alternatives. Free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lz-h8MqMi...

Welcome to the IAEA Aesthetics Conference 2026 in Jena! We are delighted to announce that the International Association for Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) will hold its next international conference in Jena, Germany, from 5th to 8th May. Discover more at iaea-jena2026.org (link in bio)

How we subconsciously reach towards beauty 🫳 www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...

APA Monitor article on what happens in the brain when we view art www.apa.org/monitor/2025... #neuroaesthetics

Out today! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very nice meta-analysis of the neural correlates of negative aesthetic judgments from Zaira Cattaneo's lab. academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...

New opinion paper linking the brain’s DMN response to cognitive transitions during narratives and task-switching; by Ashley Zhou, John Duncan and Daniel Mitchell: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

Massive congrats to @neocosmliang.bsky.social for receiving the #OHBM Merit Award for his work on “the domain general neural signature of perceived object beauty”🌹 #ECR @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social @cognizelab.bsky.social

Welcome to see my poster and discuss with me at No. 757 #ohbm #ohbm2025

✨ Thrilled to Host PREMIER's Inaugural Seminar! ✨ What an honor to welcome @choongwanwoo.bsky.social Ben Becker, Zhou Feng and their brilliant teams for the very first PREMIER: Predictive Modeling in Emotion & Cognition Research seminar at ISTBI, Fudan University! 🧠💡 @cognizelab.bsky.social

🎉 Excited to share our latest work!!!