Your Brain on Art (eBook)

How the Arts Transform Us

Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
304 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-80530-121-9 (ISBN)

Infos

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023BARNES & NOBLE''S BEST SCIENCE & NATURE BOOKS OF 2023We’re on the verge of a cultural shift in which the arts can deliver potent, accessible and proven solutions for the well-being of everyone. Magsamen and Ross offer compelling research that shows how engaging in an art project — from painting and dancing to expressive writing, architecture and more — for as little as forty-five minutes reduces the stress hormone cortisol, no matter your skill level, and just one art experience per month can extend your life by ten years.Your Brain on Art is an authoritative guide to how neuroaesthetics can help us transform traditional medicine, build healthier communities and mend an aching planet. The book weaves a tapestry of breakthrough research, insights from multidisciplinary pioneers and compelling stories from people who are using the arts to enhance their lives.

Autor

Susan Magsamen is the founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she is a faculty member. She is also the co-director of the NeuroArts Blueprint. Susan works with both the public and private sectors using arts and culture evidence-based approaches in areas including health, child development, education, workforce innovation, rehabilitation and social equity. Ivy Ross is the Vice President of Design for hardware product area at Google, where she leads a team that has won over 225 design awards. She is a National Endowment for Arts grant recipient and was ninth on Fast Company’s list of the one hundred Most Creative People in Business in 2019. Ross believes that the intersection of arts and sciences is where the most engaging and creative ideas are found.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.3.2023
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Art History • art history psychology science • art therapy • Creativity • Daniel Levitin This Is Your Brain On Music • great women artists • how music works david byrne • Katy Hessel Story of without men • Mental Health • mind-bending science • Musicophilia • National Gallery • Neuroscience • Philosophy • philosophy Rick Rubin • Psychology • Rick Rubin • Science • Tate • The Brain That Changes Itself, • visual arts
• ISBN-10: 1-80530-121-7 / 1805301217
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80530-121-9 / 9781805301219