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“Multiplexing” cells of the visual cortex and the timing enigma of the binding problem by Zeki, Semir

“…In this opinion essay, I address the perennial binding problem, that is to say of how independently processed visual attributes such as form, colour and motion…”
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The Paton prize lecture 2021: A colourful experience leading to a reassessment of colour vision and its theories by Zeki, Semir

“…In this lecture, given in honour of Sir William Paton, a brilliant scientist and one of Britain's great patrons of biology, I give a personal account of the…”
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Toward a brain-based theory of beauty by Ishizu, Tomohiro, Zeki, Semir

“…We wanted to learn whether activity in the same area(s) of the brain correlate with the experience of beauty derived from different sources. 21 subjects took…”
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Beauty in Architecture: Not a Luxury ‐ Only a Necessity by Zeki, Semir

“…Can beauty in architecture nourish the human emotional brain? Semir Zeki, Professor of Neuroaesthetics at University College London argues that it does. He…”
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The experience of beauty derived from sorrow by Ishizu, Tomohiro, Zeki, Semir

“…We studied the neural mechanisms that are engaged during the experience of beauty derived from sorrow and from joy, two experiences that share a common…”
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Neural correlates of the experience of ugliness by Rasche, Samuel E., Beyh, Ahmad, Paolini, Marco, Zeki, Semir

“…Previous studies have shown that the experience of beauty is dependent upon the co‐activity of field A1 of the medial frontal cortex and sensory areas. This…”
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The biological basis of the experience and categorization of colour by Zeki, Semir, Javier, Alexandre, Mylonas, Dimitris

“…We used the Land Colour Mondrian experiments in a Bayesian context to test the degree to which subjects vary in categorizing the colour of different patches,…”
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The neural determinants of abstract beauty by Rasche, Samuel E., Beyh, Ahmad, Paolini, Marco, Zeki, Semir

“…We have enquired into the neural activity which correlates with the experience of beauty aroused by paintings consisting of arbitrary assemblies of lines and…”
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The Bayesian‐Laplacian brain by Zeki, Semir, Chén, Oliver Y.

“…We outline what we believe could be an improvement in future discussions of the brain acting as a Bayesian‐Laplacian system. We do so by distinguishing between…”
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Perceptual axioms are irreconcilable with Euclidean geometry by Zeki, Semir, Hale, Zachary F., Beyh, Ahmad, Rasche, Samuel E.

“…There are different definitions of axioms, but the one that seems to have general approval is that axioms are statements whose truths are universally accepted…”
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Judgments of mathematical beauty are resistant to revision through external opinion by Zhang, Haoxuan, Zeki, Semir

“…We here address the question of the extent to which judgments of mathematical beauty (which we categorize as biological beauty) are resistant to revision…”
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On the necessity of importing neurobiology into mathematics by Filippov, Mikhail, Zeki, Semir

“…In Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems, for every mathematical system there are correct statements that cannot be proven to be correct within that system. We here…”
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The neural determinants of beauty by Yang, Taoxi, Formuli, Arusu, Paolini, Marco, Zeki, Semir

“…The perception of faces correlates with activity in a number of brain areas, but only when a face is perceived as beautiful is the medial orbitofrontal cortex…”
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Neural Correlates of Beauty by Kawabata, Hideaki, Zeki, Semir

“…Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, University College, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom Submitted 18 July 2003; accepted in final form 20 November…”
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Early visual cortical responses produced by checkerboard pattern stimulation by Shigihara, Yoshihito, Hoshi, Hideyuki, Zeki, Semir

“…Visual evoked potentials have been traditionally triggered with flash or reversing checkerboard stimuli and recorded with electroencephalographic techniques,…”
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Neural correlates of hate by Zeki, Semir, Romaya, John Paul

“…In this work, we address an important but unexplored topic, namely the neural correlates of hate. In a block-design fMRI study, we scanned 17 normal human…”
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Human faces and face‐like stimuli are more memorable by Kapsetaki, Marianna E., Zeki, Semir

“…We have previously suggested a distinction in the brain processes governing biological and artifactual stimuli. One of the best examples of the biological…”
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The power of external influences to modify judgments of facial and moral beauty by Glennon, Marcus J., Zeki, Semir

“…Empirical evidence shows that the often‐made positive correlation between human physical and moral beauty is tenuous. In this study, we aimed to learn whether…”
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The differential power of extraneous influences to modify aesthetic judgments of biological and artifactual stimuli by Bignardi, Giacomo, Ishizu, Tomohiro, Zeki, Semir

“…We addressed the question of the extent to which external information is capable of modifying aesthetic ratings given to two different categories of…”
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The brain reaction to viewing faces of opposite- and same-sex romantic partners by Zeki, Semir, Romaya, John Paul

“…We pursued our functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of the neural correlates of romantic love in 24 subjects, half of whom were female (6…”
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