The study commissioned by the Mauritshuis Museum in The Haugue used eye-tracking tech and MRI scans to record brain activity on 20 volunteers while they looked at genuine, versus reproduced artworks. “You become [mentally] richer when you see things, whether you are conscious of it or not, because you make connections in your brain,” said Martine Gosselink, director of the Mauritshuis.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/03/real-art-in-museums-stimulates-brain-much-more-than-reprints-study-finds
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