Week 7 post

Suzanne Anker and Giovanni Frazzeto are a great example of the coming together of our left and right brains to merge artistic creativity, neuroscience, and psychosocial interactions. The two take brain scans and then add a butterfly to the scans. The end result is a "subtle optical illusion." The optical illusion creates an image of butterfly's that look different but are very much identical to each other.

Something that I found while researching the topic of neuroscience and art is the brain art competition by the Neuro bureau. The art submitted is beautiful and relevant to this weeks topic

The idea that our brains are more than just scientific marvels isn't expressed very often, and its cool to see artists taking a unique perspective on a highly scientific area of research. This is especially true because of how much we still do not know about the way our brains function. further, This video from Stanford university explains some brain functions with artistic beauty

Curious, I quickly googled the keywords "brain" and "art" and the first 3 articles I found were about how the two together create synergy. What I find interesting is how many people I know believe that they are either creative or number oriented, not both. 

http://www.aaas.org/news/how-engaging-art-affects-human-brain

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/science-nature/how-does-the-brain-process-art-80541420/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/how-art-changes-your-brain_n_5567050.html

How can so many studies point to benefits but an abnormally low number of people try to bring the two together? 

This Research done by our very own UCLA students discusses the various forms of activities that can help strengthen our brain. things like meditation and working out promote positive developments. UCLA research

Work cited

Brooks, Katherine. "Study Says Making Art Is Good For Your Brain, And We Say You Should Listen." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. 16 May 2016. 

Wheeler, Mark. "How to Build a Bigger Brain." UCLA Newsroom. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 May 2016.<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/how-art-changes-your-brain_n_5567050.html>.

Tucker, Abigail. "History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian."History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 May 2016.

Zambon, Kat. "How Engaging With Art Affects the Human Brain." AAAS. N.p., 17 Nov. 2013. Web. 16 May 2016. <http://www.aaas.org/news/how-engaging-art-affects-human-brain>.

"Brain Art Competition 2014." The Neuro Bureau. N.p., n.d. Web.