When Susan Magsamen made the decision to end her first marriage, she faced emotional and difficult days working through not only her own feelings but those of her young sons. It took a lump of one ...

Art can make the brain's wiring stronger, more flexible and ready to learn, say the authors of a new book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us.

The new season of UCSB Reads will officially kick off Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, with a book giveaway for students at the UC Santa Barbara Library. Chancellor Henry Yang, Executive Vice Chancellor David ...

Brain Matters How art, music and dance affect your brain and body. In their upcoming book, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross promote the new science of neuroaesthetics — how creative pursuits ...

In fact, so many studies have shown the swift physiological benefits to our health from the arts and aesthetics that we debated calling this book Twenty Minutes on Art. The two of us have come to ...

Viewing art is good for us, but new research may now tell us why — and that therapeutic uses may be better than previously ...

The Electric State might not have been a stellar movie, but the art book it’s based on, by Simon Stålenhag, is still great and a reminder that Art Books are Good ...

Lost in Cult’s art book for Polygon’s 2019 game of the year winner promises a beautiful trip down video game memory lane Do it before the world ends ☀️ Skip to main content ...