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The Artistic Brain: A Neuroaesthetics Approach to Health, Well-being and Learning

Whether we observe or create, the arts change our brains. The emerging field of neuroaethetics may help us understand how and why.

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Finding the Heartbeat of Human Creativity in the Brain

Jazz musician Pat Metheny and neuroscientist Charles Limb find a common note in the keys of improv.

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Aha! The Eureka Moment and Creative Problem Solving in the Brain

Neuroscience has begun to trace the complex network of cognitive and neural processes that come together to create sudden insight.

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Dialogues Between Neuroscience and Society: Music and the Brain

Pat Metheny discusses music’s impact on the brain; the process of creativity in music, art, and science; and the role of music in healing.

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100 min

The 'Right-Brained' Myth

This video shows how the right-and-left-brained belief came to be and why it is a myth.

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4 min

Art, Music, and the Brain: Arts and Education in American Public Schools

Kenneth Elpus, assistant professor of music education at the University of Maryland, discusses his experience as a music teacher and the fragmentation of art education in public schools.

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22 min

Art, Music, and the Brain: Creative Approaches to Community Health

Ping Ho, founder and director of UCLArts and Healing, describes how art education is a matter of public health.

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Melissa Walker: Art Can Heal PTSD's Invisible Wounds

Trauma silences its victims, but art can help those suffering from the psychological wounds of war begin to open up and heal.

TED
10 min

Pixar President Ed Catmull on Building a Creative Culture

30,000 scientists will convene today in Washington, DC, for the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting. Watch last year’s Dialogues lecture.

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130 min

Visualizing Art

Researchers have begun to reveal how creating visual art affects brain function.

The Dana Foundation

How does Pixar Implement Group Creativity?

Ed Catmull, president of Pixar, gave a lecture at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting. What does movie making have to do with brain science?

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