The participants were placed in a brain scanner while they viewed both abstract and realistic art paintings ... sophisticated enough to probe the human mind and find any answers.

Most people share the intuition that the creation and appreciation of art are important aspects of being human. Art moves ... in the Altamira caves admiring paintings made more than 35,000 years ...

I spoke with Magsamen about the emerging field of neuroarts and her new book, “Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform ... Do you have a question about human behavior or neuroscience?

Creative activities such as painting, dancing, playing music or expressive writing ... Such is the case made by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross in Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us, a journey ...

Recently, neuroscientists and an art historian asked ten subjects ... Or they might probe what occurs when the brain contemplates a Chinese landscape painting versus an image of a simple ...

Volunteers ranked paintings across movements, such as Impressionism, Cubism, and Color Field art, while a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine scanned participants’ brain activity.

and human evolution. A New York Times bestselling book, “Your Brain on Art” is the 2024 selection for UCSB Reads, an initiative of the UC Santa Barbara Library. Now in its 18th year ...

Lewis was creating art with just his mind. It’s a process called “brain painting,” when an individual mentally selects colors and shapes to make abstract digital images. It requires intense ...

RECENTLY, I fell in love with and bought a little oil painting online—a Swedish seascape in a black frame—to fit into the decor in my bedroom. It was somehow luminous but melancholy.

Some of you may have felt you’ve even been saved by art. Now, a new book, Your Brain on Art, by Susan Magsamen and Ivy ... that people who engaged in artistic activities, like crafts or painting, at ...

Lewis was creating art with just his mind. It’s a process called “brain painting,” when an individual mentally selects colors and shapes to make abstract digital images. It requires intense ...