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Your Brain on Art
Typically behaviors that activate the reward system are ones that help the brain to keep us alive—eating, drinking, and sleeping—or ones that help the brain to keep our species alive, such as reproductive behaviors. It’s here that you register love, and the pleasures of a fantastic meal, for example. As Anjan explained to us, “When we’re talking ab
... See moreSusan Magsamen • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
That’s your brain pruning synapses that aren’t engaged in salient experiences. These synaptic connections atrophy from a lack of stimulation and then permanently disconnect.
Susan Magsamen • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
The Divided Brain and Ways of Building the World, Or Ettlinger
Christopher Alexander’s insights about the built world have surprising parallels with the insights of Iain McGilchrist about the brain hemispheres.
McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher, and literary scholar who revisited and reinterpreted the roles of the tw... See more
Christopher Alexander’s insights about the built world have surprising parallels with the insights of Iain McGilchrist about the brain hemispheres.
McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher, and literary scholar who revisited and reinterpreted the roles of the tw... See more
The Nature Of Order - Webinar Series — Building Beauty
At the end of the exhibit, guests received a personalized data visualization revealing the space in which they felt most at ease based on their real-time biological feedback. This was the big finding: Many people were surprised by the disconnect between their biology and the room in which they believed they would feel most calm. The reason for this
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