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Author Magsamen, Susan, author.

Title Your brain on art : how the arts transform us / by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2023]

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  111.85 MAGSAMEN    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  111.85 MAG    DUE 04-05-24
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  700 MAGSAMEN    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - New Materials  111.85 MAG    DUE 04-10-24
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  111.85 MAGSAMEN    DUE 04-13-24
 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  111.85 MAGSAMEN    DUE 04-02-24
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 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  111.85 MAG    DUE 03-15-24
 New Britain, Main Library - New Materials  111.85 MAG    DUE 02-27-24 Billed
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  700 MAGSAMEN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 280 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index.
Contents Introduction: the language of humanity -- An aesthetic mindset -- The anatomy of the arts -- Cultivating well-being -- Restoring mental health -- Healing the body -- Amplifying learning -- Flourishing -- Creating community -- Conclusion: the art of the future.
Summary "Have you ever gotten chills while listening to a particularly gorgeous piece of music? Or felt a sense of calm while gazing at a painting of a serene landscape? We have experiences like those every day, but rarely stop to consider what's happening internally to cause them. In Your Brain on Art, founder of the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Susan Magsamen and Google designer Ivy Ross explain how, by understanding how we biologically react to aesthetic experiences, we can not only heal as individuals but thrive as communities. Using the new science of neuroaesthetics, which explores our physiological reactions to art, Magsamen and Ross show us how, for instance, gardening can help a person heal from trauma or listening to a major fifth interval can snap the body out of a fight-or-flight response. Beyond enjoyment and abstraction, art can change the way we operate on a daily, practical level. And, in addition to helping each of us heal from stress, anxiety, burnout, and other malaises of modern life, neuroaesthetics can effect major change in society writ large, whether through public art murals in high-crime areas or music and dance therapy for patients experiencing neurodegenerative disorders."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Art -- Therapy
Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects.
Arts -- Psychological aspects.
Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00798713
Arts -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00817796
Added Author Ross, Ivy, 1955- author.
Added Title How the arts transform us
Other Form: Online version: Magsamen, Susan. Your brain on art. First edition New York : Random House, [2023] 9780593449257 (DLC) 2022035703
ISBN 9780593449233 (hardcover)
0593449231 (hardcover)
9780593449257 (ebook)
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