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Your brain on art : how the arts transform us / by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.

Magsamen, Susan, (author.). Ross, Ivy, 1955- (author.).

Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593449233
  • ISBN: 0593449231
  • Physical Description: xvii, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2023]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Aesthetics > Psychological aspects.
Arts > Psychological aspects.

Available copies

  • 9 of 13 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 13 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 111.85 MAGSAME (Text) 50686016284825 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library 111.85 Mag (Text)
Memorial: In Memoriam of Charles M. Flaig
00158703 ADULT Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library 111.85 M212y (Text) 85131001875310 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 111.8 MAG Nonfiction (Text) 34001001441557 Adult Area Checked Out 04/02/2024
Indian Valley Public Library 111.85 Magsamen Psychology (Text) 39427103730875 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/07/2024
Palmerton Area Library 111.85 M27 (Text) 65000000064099 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 03/29/2024
RACC New - BH301.P45 M34 2023 (Text) 33624024972885 New On Holds Shelf -
Allentown Public Library 111.85 MAGS (Text) 34455007007475 Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 111.85 (Text) 33062009702359 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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