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neuroaesthetics meeting<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">A one and a half day event on visual
preference will take place at the University of Liverpool on June 11th and 12th.
This year we have teamed up with the IAEA (</span><a href="http://science-of-aesthetics.org"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">International association for empirical aesthetics</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">) and the theme of the first day
will be neuroaesthetics.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">Keynote:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://ccn.upenn.edu/chatterjee/"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">Professor Anjan Chatterjee</span></a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">"The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly of Beauty"</span></u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
(CCN) and Department of Neurology<br>
University of Pennsylvania<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">The Visual Properties Driving Visual
Preference (VPDVP) is a yearly meeting conceived as a round-table discussion,
with national and international attendees. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">VPDVP started in 2015 and the 2018
event is therefore the fourth workshop. The format is such that a group of
experts presents their work and debate, and the number (<40) is kept low so we can
sit around a long table. It is the most important regular meeting in this field
in Britain. More information, including abstracts from past events, is
available from the website:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="https://www.bertamini.org/lab/vpdvp.html"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">https://www.bertamini.org/lab/vpdvp.html</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times"> <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">These are links to the IAEA and to
their journal:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://science-of-aesthetics.org"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">http://science-of-aesthetics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/home/art"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">http://journals.sagepub.com/home/art</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">There is no charge to attend, but we
have limited spaces, therefore please contact us by email to register in
advance.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="mailto:M.Bertamini@liverpool.ac.uk"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times">M.Bertamini@liverpool.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times"> <span></span></span></p>

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