Collectors collect art, which, in turn, serves as a powerful catalyst for enhancing brain function and mental health. Here, I explore the mechanisms that underlie this process, supported by ...

Some submissions remain thoroughly scientific, proving that the brain is a work of art in its own right. Whether they depict microscopic images of the thin strands of tangled neurons or diseased ...

Probably, many of you feel the same way. 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 Ross, helps explain why that might be ...

"There has to be some kind of greater connectivity that [art] imparts on the brain," Esson says. Sponsor Message That idea — that art has a measurable effect on the brain and its structure ...

A new study has analyzed what happens in people's brains when they look at abstract art. Published in the journal PNAS, the study provides insight into how the brain engages with different forms ...

Art helps our brains build neural pathways. Since it was released in 1987, the anti-drug ad “ your brain on drugs ” has become iconic. But what about your brain on art? GBH Arts and Culture reporter ...

I spoke with Magsamen about the emerging field of neuroarts and her new book, “Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us,” co-written with Ivy Ross, vice president of design for Hardware ...

“So for your brain making art, it kind of feels like a very holistic experience of being, and that’s why it feels so healing to do art when we’re not thinking of making like pretty art and just making ...

Art moves us emotionally ... correlated with activation in the bilateral anterior insula — a region of the brain implicated in the experience of emotion. In turn, the pragmatic orientation ...