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NEUROAESTHETICS: WHY BEAUTY IS GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN (AND WHY WE’RE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE BRAIN THAN EVER) In a coffee shop lately, while I sat at my computer typing away, I couldn’t help overhearing a conversation between two teenagers…about the brain. They were discussing neuroplasticity, the idea that the brain continues to learn, grow and develop throughout the lifespan. A shift in our culture is definitely happening. We talk about the brain a lot more than we used to.
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