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1 in 3 Art Students Can't Tell Famous Paintings from Paintings by Monkeys

Maureen O'Connor · 03/04/11 01:56PM

Psychologists at Boston University paired paintings by famous abstract expressionists with paintings by a child, monkey, chimpanzee, gorilla, and elephant. They presented the images side by side and asked students to judge which painting was of higher quality. One-third of the time, the art students chose the work of children and animals. At least they did better than a coin toss would!