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Ceramic artworks studied at Kettle's Yard enhance abstract thinking and psychological distancing in a Cambridge study.

Pondering artistic beauty encourages ‘big picture’ thinking

A psychological experiment conducted at Kettle's Yard suggests that actively considering the beauty of art increases abstract thinking and “transformative” emotion – helping us escape the “mental trappings” of day-to-day living Since the dawn of philosophy, thinkers from Plato to Kant have considered how beauty affects human experience, and whether it has the power to…
Dr. Irène Fabry-Tehranchi carefully holding the rare Merlin manuscript fragment before inserting it into the Micro CT scanner at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Zoology

Modern magic unlocks Merlin’s medieval secrets

Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from c. 1300 have been discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project at Cambridge University Library A fragile 13th century manuscript fragment, hidden in plain sight as the binding of a 16th-century archival register, has been discovered in Cambridge and revealed to contain rare medieval stories of Merlin…

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