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Schiller graduated this May with a major in psychology and a minor in statistics and machine learning. Her thesis adviser, Yael Niv, is a professor of psychology and neuroscience who co-directs a ...

Claire Howlin, Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Trinity, added: “While the mental health benefits of creating art have been widely explored, the impact of viewing art has been ...

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The findings were published in the Psychology of Aesthetics, and the Arts, a journal of the American Psychological Association, in 2019. “Those who experienced arts electives in middle school went on ...