Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam wondered whether art is mysterious or purely subjective.
Is there a formula for artistic masterpieces?
And what if there's something about certain pieces of art that makes them stay in your mind?
You can find out more from this Hidden Brain video:
Hidden Brain, which airs Sundays at 6 p.m. on WUSF, helps curious people understand the world — and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, the biases that shape our choices, and the triggers that direct the course of our relationships.