Week 7 Neuroscience & Art

NEUROSCIENCE AND ART

In today’s world, the medical field is constantly growing with new developments. One area in particular that has made vast developments, is neuroscience. Neuroscience gives us an understanding of the human nervous system and the brain, one of the most interesting yet vague organs of the body. The brain is responsible for the conscious actions preformed by organisms, but is also responsible for involuntary unconscious actions.

Art is a good example to describe the brain. We can consciously paint a picture, or we can unconsciously take in the colors we see in painting as we walk by it. The mind is what gives us the ability to create a piece of art, but it also gives us the ability to perceive it as well. The mind allows us to assign meaning to the artwork we see, but at the same time it stimulates the brain in the forms of imprinting, advertising, therapy.

 

The relationship between our brain and art is fascinating to say the least. The brain allows us to comprehend art, but art can affect our brain unlike any other substance or object. To simply put it, you cannot have art without the brain, but what would the brain be without art?

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