NEUROSCIENCE + ART
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| Your Miracle Brain in Full Color |
This week we learned about the relationship between neuroscience and art. The material I reviewed that most influenced my understanding of this week's topic was the article "Neuroculture" by Giovanni Frazetto and Suzanne Anko. According to the article, the interaction between these two fields "offers an opportunity to make the scientific community and the public aware of the social and ethical implications of the scientific advances in neuroscience" (Frazetto, 815). Art incorporates themes from neuroscience such as brain imaging, neuroplasticity, and more to explore and address ideas about consciousness. One interesting term I have learned this week was "brainbow." This term describes the "process by which neurons in the brain can be distinguished from neighboring neurons using fluorescent proteins" (Lecture I, Vesna). Art has helped science in many ways throughout the years. What the artist tries to do is to "not only capture the essence of something but also to amplify it in order to more powerfully activate the same neural mechanisms that would be activated by the original object" (Ramachandran).
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| Brainbow |
According to the article "The Cognitive Neuroscience of art: a preliminary fMRI observation," the discoveries made in cognitive neuroscience laboratories have helped us better understand the perception of everyday visual phenomena, including the perception of art (Solso). Neuroscience provides new insight into how we visualize and create art whereas art offers innovative ways to visualize neuroscientific phenomena.
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| Lighting up the brain
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Works Cited
Vesna, Victoria. “Module:7 Lecture Part 1,” DESMA 9. UCLA, 2024.
Frazzetto, Giovanni, and Suzanne Anker. “Neuroculture.” http://www.europhd.net/sites/europhd/files/images/onda_2/07/16th_lab/scientific_materials/derosa/frazzetto_anker_2009.pdf. Accessed 17 05 2024.
Hyman, John. “Art and Neuroscience.” Springer Link, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-3851-7_11. Accessed 17 05 2024.
Kitts, Daniel. “The effect of art on the brain.” TVO Arts, https://www.tvoarts.org/articles/effect-of-art-on-the-brain. Accessed 17 May 2024.
R.L, Solso. “The cognitive neuroscience of art: a preliminary fMRI observation.” Wikipedia, https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/2000/00000007/f0020008/1043. Accessed 17 05 2024.
Kitts, Daniel. “The effect of art on the brain.” TVO Arts, https://www.tvoarts.org/articles/effect-of-art-on-the-brain. Accessed 17 May 2024.
Glaser, Angie. “Your "Miracle" Brain, in Full Color: Neuroscience + Art.” Migraine Again, https://www.migraineagain.com/neuroscience-art-miracle-of-brain-dunn/. Accessed 17 May 2024.
Hi Regina! I really enjoyed reading your blog! I especially loved found your mention of neuroaesthetics quite interesting. I knew that fMRI scans have been used in the past for artistic purposes, but never thought that people would purposely have music playing during the fMRI scan to create art with the scans. I also found your mention of brainbows quite interesting. It's so interesting to hear about how neuroscience can be used in various ways to create art!
ReplyDeleteHey Regina, your thoughts on this week's topic were very interesting. I enjoyed how you mentioned the concept of brainbow and the ways in which the art has influenced neuroscience throughout the years. Also, your mention of "neuroaesthetics" in relation to music listening and brain activity was very informative. Overall, I really enjoyed the ideas presented in your blog and I believe they are similar to that of my own.
ReplyDeleteHi Regina! I really enjoyed reading your post on neuroscience and art. I liked the concise yet detailed organization of your blog post and I especially liked that you mentioned neuroaesthetics to conclude your piece. Though I didn't write about it in my post, I also really enjoyed learning about the brainbow in the lecture videos!
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