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Sex, brains and a frustrated reader

By Rowan Hooper

4 January 2012

TOWARDS the end of this detailed but frustrating book, there is a Yoda-like pronouncement from , a neuroaestheticist at University College London: “There is a relationship between love, beauty and desire. Hate too. Beauty often leads to desire, which can lead to love. Love may lead to hate.”

The inconclusive nature of this statement pretty much sums up why Dirty Minds made me want to turn to the dark side. Kayt Sukel was pressing Zeki to say whether there is a thin line between love and hate, and he was reluctant. It’s not surprising. In this book Sukel…

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