Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen Hardcover Book

Description: Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts - and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Many of us think of the arts as entertainment - a luxury of some kind. In Your Brain on Art, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross show how activities from painting and dancing to expressive writing, architecture and more are essential to our lives.Were 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 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. They expand our understanding of how playing music builds cognitive skills and enhances learning; the vibrations of a tuning fork create sound waves to counteract stress; virtual reality can provide cutting-edge therapeutic benefit; and interactive exhibits dissolve the boundaries between art and viewers, engaging all of our senses and strengthening memory. Doctors have even been prescribing museum visits to address loneliness, dementia, and many other physical and mental health concerns.Your Brain on Art is a portal into this new understanding about how the arts and aesthetics can help us transform traditional medicine, build healthier communities and mend an aching planet.Featuring conversations with artists such as David Byrne, Renee Fleming and evolutionary biologist E. O. Wilson, Your Brain On Art is an authoritative guide to neuroaesthetics. 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. Author Biography 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 Companys 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. Review This book blew my mind! An authoritative yet practical guide to the neuroarts - a term that, if you havent heard it before, is even more reason to join these brilliant co-authors on a romp through the latest science on how art transforms the brain and the body - ANGELA DUCKWORTH, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of GRIT: THE POWER OF PASSION AND PERSEVERANCEThis book brilliantly puts a new science to the experience of viewing and making art, and shows us how to use art to transform our daily lives. Your Brain on Art will change how you think about the creative world - both around you and within you - CHARLES DUHIGG, author of bestsellers THE POWER OF HABIT and SMARTER FASTER BETTERA groundbreaking book on the science behind humanity, joy and creativity. Art is the word we use for the magic that makes us better - SETH GODIN, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of THIS IS MARKETINGSusan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, through extensive interviews and research, have created something beautiful and affirming with their book Your Brain on Art. Its pages provide proof for what so many of us have always known, that art, especially art in community, is transformative beyond measure - DAVID BYRNE, bestselling author of HOW MUSIC WORKSThis mind-bending book can help shape richer lives and a newer world. Its the best description yet of the indivisibility of art, the natural world, and our neurological health - RICHARD LOUV, author of THE NATURE PRINCIPLE and LAST CHILD IN THE WOODSAn extraordinary and important book. Magsamen and Ross put us back in touch with one of thedefining features of being human - art -DANIEL LEVITIN, New York Times bestselling author of This Is Your Brain On MusicIn their captivating book, Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross have assembled something remarkable: a scientific framework for understanding how art affects us. For anyone who has been transfixed by a painting, or moved to tears by a piece of music, this book provides a fascinating tour of what goes on in the brain when we encounter arts transformative powerANNIE MURPHY PAUL, author of The Extended Mind Details ISBN1805301209 Author Ivy Ross Pages 304 Publisher Canongate Books Year 2023 ISBN-10 1805301209 ISBN-13 9781805301202 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-03-30 UK Release Date 2023-03-30 Imprint Canongate Books Subtitle How the Arts Transform Us Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Claire Webster Illustrations B&W illustrations throughout, plus 16pp full colour plate section AU Release Date 2023-03-30 Birth 1879 Death 1950 Affiliation Winchester College, UK Position Classics Teacher Qualifications PhD Edition Description Main Alternative 9781805301240 DEWEY 153 Audience General NZ Release Date 2023-06-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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