how the arts transform us Magsamen, Susan creator author. Ross, Ivy 1955- author. text nyu 2023 monographic eng

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xvii, 280 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm "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"-- by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross. Includes index. Aesthetics Psychological aspects Arts Psychological aspects BH301.P45 M34 2023 701.15 9780593449233 2022035702 DLC 220829 20240820142331.0 22769090 eng