# The Neuroscience of Op Art (Artsy)

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The Neuroscience of Op Art --The Art Genome Project by Sarah Gottesman (Artsy)

> **[The Neuroscience of Op Art, Explained](https://www.artsy.net/article/the-art-genome-project-the-neuroscience-of-op-art)**
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> Through experimentation and observation, artists have developed innovative methods for fooling the eye.

"Artists, like neuroscientists, are masters of visual systems. Through experimentation and observation, artists have developed innovative methods for fooling the eye, enabling flat canvases to appear three-dimensional, for instance. Neuroscience—and more recently the subfield of neuroaesthetics—can help to explain the biology behind these visual tricks, many of which were first discovered by artists. “I often go to art to figure out questions to ask about science,” says Margaret Livingstone, Takeda Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. “Artists may not study the neuroscience per se, but they’re experimentalists.” -Sarah Gottesman (Artsy)