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What if I told you improving your academic performance or learning new job skills was a simple matter, involving something you’ve probably been told not to do your whole life? Susan Magsamen, director of the Arts+Mind lab at Johns Hopkins …
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Your Brain on Art, a new book coauthored by Susan Magsamen, director of the Arts+Mind lab at Johns Hopkins, explores the many ways art helps people thrive and flourish, and overcome difficulties in their lives. Magsamen says the artful approach …
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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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