“Drawing “is tapping into a very old part of ourselves and moving us into the emotional and intuitive parts of the brain,”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“True learning is the scaffolding for a vibrant, resilient life, and the arts are vital to building that cognitive infrastructure in children through the formation of strong executive function.”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“Play is a key component of the arts and aesthetics in myriad ways. Art and play are like two sides of the same coin, with play being a part of artistic expression, imagination, creativity, and curiosity.”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“Learning comes in many forms: cognitive, emotional, embodied. There is explicit learning, where you actively seek knowledge, and implicit learning, where you passively take in experiences that change you. Many elements go into making experiences more salient for learning, among them novelty, humor, curiosity, attention level, creativity, motivation, environment, and the unique way your brain develops.”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“Attention directs our consciousness to focus on some things and not others, and it is a fluid state that moves through varying degrees. “Attention is your ability to selectively focus and sustain focus,”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
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