Your Brain on Art - How the Arts Transform Us

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The arts can deliver potent, accessible and proven solutions for the wellbeing of everyone.

In this book, Magsamen and Ross offer compelling research that shows how engaging in an art project - from painting and dancing to expressive writing, architecture and more - for as little as forty-five minutes reduces the stress hormone cortisol, no matter your skill level, and just one art experience per month can extend your life by ten years.

Your Brain on Art

is an authoritative guide to how neuroaesthetics can help us transform traditional medicine, build healthier communities and mend an aching planet.