Page 5 - ChildArt July-Sept 2017 Your Brain on Art

JULY – SEPT 2017 THE ARTS + MIND 3

+ Mind = Impact

Sight, touch, smell, taste, hearing Health, wellbeing, learning

Neuroscientist Semir Zeki and cognitive community since 2009. In recent video games, this interdisciplinary field
psychologist Vilayanur Ramachandrian years, the National Endowment of the is now beginning to be able to provide
are credited with the elevation of this Arts (NEA) has worked to investigate insights and research.
field in the late 1990s. Nobel Prize winner the value of the impact of the arts as Over time, this new knowledge will
Eric Kandel has also further contributed it pertains to social and emotional provide an important understanding of
through his work and book The Age of development but also to creativity, neural basis, universal principles and
Insight: The Quest to Understand the cognition, and learning. In 2016, the evolutionary rationale of aesthetics.
Unconscious on Art, Mind and Brain. Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins These findings will also support rigorous
Anjan Chatterjee has expanded the School of Medicine embarked on an approaches to develop evidence-based
conversation with his book The Aesthetic initiative to further accelerate the field of arts, design and architectural solutions,
Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty neuroaesthetics through the creation of interventions and programs.
and Enjoy Art. In 2003, The Academy the International Arts + Mind Lab. Neuroaesthetics offers an innovative
of Neuroscience for Architecture was Fueling the growth of neuroaesthetics approach to better understand and amplify
launched to advance knowledge that are tools and technologies that support the the way we live. There’s so much to learn
links neuroscience and architecture. The exploration of how our brains work that are about the intricate intersections of the arts
International Neuroaesthetic Network has assessable, mobile and more affordable. and our human brain. Join us as we explore
been extremely productive guiding the From molecular research and EEG, fMRI, this exciting new field!
development of the empirical research and PET brain imaging to virtual reality and