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RCPC Seminar | Brain and Art

2021-07-01

On the morning of July 1, 2021, the Center for Perception and Consciousness Research at Tsinghua University's Future Lab organized the second seminar in the Perception and Consciousness Workshop Serie...

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On the morning of July 1, 2021, the Center for Perception and Consciousness Research at Tsinghua University's Future Lab organized the second seminar in the Perception and Consciousness Workshop Series: Brain and Art. The seminar invited Associate Professor Dan Zhang from the Brain and Intelligence Lab of Tsinghua University, Associate Professor Yang Li from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Research Professor Ke-yang Tang from the Future Lab of Tsinghua University, Future Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Meng-yin Jiang and Postdoctoral Fellow Yun-bing Chen, who shared and exchanged ideas from different disciplines and perspectives around the theme of the brain and art.

The seminar was chaired by the event's initiator, Dr. Yun-bing Chen, who emphasized that the discussion on brain and art involved many disciplines, including brain science, psychology, medicine and art. She hoped that experts from various fields would speak up and explore the creative possibilities of multidisciplinary cross-fertilization.

Associate Professor Dan Zhang opened the session with "Inter-brain Computing for Understanding Emotion and Language" in the seminar. Associate Professor Yang Li talked about his experience and confusion in painting dreams as an artist for many years. Dr. Meng-Yin Jiang talked about information processing in the brain from the perspective of visual perception. Research Associate Ke-yang Tang elaborated on the relationship between dreams and hometown from the perspective of literature. Dr. Yun-bing Chen talked about the progress of research and the problems faced from neuroaesthetics to dream visualization currently. The presentations were followed by a fascinating and more in-depth discussion with all participants.