Thursday, September 02nd, 2010

Inquiry: Art and neuroimaging: Eva Lee and Dr. Jim Coan - 2008 Decordova Summer Exhibition

Then at 9:30, we speak with artist, painter and animator EVA LEE and DR. JAMES COAN, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Virginia Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Virginia. Dr. Coan has been conducting fascinating experiments that result in the creation of images of the brain activity of subjects experiencing five different emotions. Eva Lee has taken Dr. Coan’s data and created beautiful and fantastic three dimensional animated “emotional” landscapes . Sound wild? Well tune in and found out all about this new and exciting partnership between art and science. Dr. Coan’s website is: http://www.affectiveneuroscience.orgEva Lee’s website is www.evaleestudio.com.