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SUMMARY:Genetics of aesthetic and music reward sensitivity - Giacomo Bigna
 rdi\, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
DTSTART:20250225T140000Z
DTEND:20250225T150000Z
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DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*\n\nFrom tingling spines triggered by tonal patterns
  to tearful eyes provoked by arrangements of colours and shapes\, humans c
 an have remarkable experiences. But what makes individuals susceptible to 
 such aesthetic responses? Here\, I present evidence that genetic effects a
 re partly responsible. Triangulating evidence from twin\, molecular\, and 
 intergenerational-based models\, I will present novel results showing how 
 sensitivity to different art modalities\, from visual art to music\, is un
 der genetic influence. I will go on to show contrasting evidence indicatin
 g that some components of aesthetic taste appear largely free from genetic
  effects. The talk will illustrate the promises and pitfalls of quantitati
 ve genetics methods in shedding light on the present\, and perhaps the pas
 t\, of our human artistic nature.\n\n*Biography*\n\nGiacomo Bignardi is a 
 Max Planck School of Cognition PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute f
 or Psycholinguistics\, Language & Genetics Department. Bignardi studied vi
 sual arts\, music\, and performing arts at the University of Bologna and p
 sychology of art at Goldsmiths University of London. He continued his stud
 ies in various institutions\, from the Complex Trait Gentics Lab at the VU
  Amsterdam to the Laboratory of Neurobiology at UCL. His research aims to 
 bridge two seemingly unrelated fields: empirical aesthetics and quantitati
 ve genetics. Currently\, under the supervision of Prof. Simon E. Fisher\, 
 Bignardi's work primarily seeks to disentangle genetic sources of inter-in
 dividual differences in how people respond to art.\n\n*Zoom link*\n\nhttps
 ://zoom.us/j/99433440421?pwd=ZWxCQXFZclRtbjNXa0s2K1Q2REVPZz09 (Meeting ID:
  994 3344 0421\; Passcode: 714277)
LOCATION:CMS computer room\, Faculty of Music (11 West Road\, Cambridge\, 
 CB3 9DP)
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