# How your brain decides what is beautiful

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2016
- Speaker: Anjan Chatterjee
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/anjan_chatterjee_how_your_brain_decides_what_is_beautiful)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Anjan Chatterjee uses tools from evolutionary psychology and cognitive neuroscience to study one of nature's most captivating concepts: beauty. Learn more about the science behind why certain configurations of line, color and form excite us in this fascinating, deep look inside your brain.

## Lectures

1. [How your brain decides what is beautiful](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/anjan_chatterjee_how_your_brain_decides_what_is_beautiful/2fd5a6f7f3bf), 15 min (TED's player)