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Would you like to explore new directions your life might take? Susan Magsamen, director of the Arts+Mind lab at Johns Hopkins and coauthor of a new book called Your Mind on Art, says the arts, and especially making or doing …

Art can provide you with a way of visualizing new directions for your life, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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You’re capable of experiencing tens of thousands of emotions, and art can help you recognize and appreciate them. That’s one hypothesis in a new book called Your Brain on Art, coauthored by Susan Magsamen, director of the Arts+Mind lab at …

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Art is good for you, a new book called Your Brain on Art coauthored by Susan Magsamen, director of the Arts+Mind lab at Johns Hopkins, seeks to prove. That’s art inclusive, including visual and creative arts, and it also includes …

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Study after study supports the idea that education builds more neurons that then reduce our risk for developing dementia as we age. Now a new book by Susan Magsamen, director of the Arts+Mind lab at Johns Hopkins and coauthor Ivy …

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It seems counterintuitive. Many people who have trouble with movement, such as those with Parkinson’s disease or who’ve had a stroke, may experience a lot of improvement in their ability to move by dancing. That’s just one way the arts …

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You have more bacteria in your gut than you have cells in your body, and they provide you a range of benefits. Now new research demonstrates that for some people with pancreas cancer, their bacteria produce a chemical that seems …

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