
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

It has been used as medicine, dating back to the Greeks, who “prescribed” poetry in conjunction with other medical interventions. Poetry is frequently featured at our most pivotal ceremonial
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Laura Inserra is one of the most sought-after sound practitioners in the world. She combines music and ancient wisdom practices from many cultures for a therapy she calls MetaMusic Healing.
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
According to peer-reviewed studies of this work, the techniques used by CMBM have “reduced the numbers of those qualifying for the diagnosis of PTSD by 80% or more.” Let us repeat that: Programs that incorporate drawings as an early intervention reduced PTSD by more than 80 percent. For some of us, our difficult experiences do reside in the
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Within the lobes of the brain are a number of structures that together make up the limbic system. This system is sometimes called the “ancient” brain network and it underpins emotion and behavior.
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Studies have found that coloring can have a similar physiological response in the brain as the act of meditating by reducing outside noise and allowing for focus.
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
The DMN is a filter for what you think is beautiful or not beautiful, memorable or not, meaningful or not, and it’s what helps to make the arts and aesthetics a very personal experience for each of us.
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Sound vibration has the capacity to return the body to homeostasis and out of a fight-flight-freeze reaction.
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Once they have created a physical representation of their experiences, service members are often able to bring words and greater meaning to their creations.
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Here’s where it gets interesting: the olfactory cortex is located in the temporal lobe of your brain, which broadly affects emotions and memory.