Susan Magsamen is the founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she is a faculty member. She is also the co-director of the NeuroArts Blueprint. Susan works with both the public and private sectors using arts and culture evidence-based approaches in areas including health, child development, education, workforce innovation, rehabilitation and social equity.Ivy Ross is the Vice President of Design for hardware product area at Google, where she leads a team that has won over 225 design awards. She is a National Endowment for Arts grant recipient and was ninth on Fast Company's list of the one hundred Most Creative People in Business in 2019. Ross believes that the intersection of arts and sciences is where the most engaging and creative ideas are found.
'This book blew my mind! An authoritative yet practical guide to
the neuroarts - a term that, if you haven't heard it before, is
even more reason to join these brilliant co-authors on a romp
through the latest science on how art transforms the brain and the
body' - ANGELA DUCKWORTH, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of
GRIT: THE POWER OF PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE
'This book brilliantly puts a new science to the experience of
viewing and making art, and shows us how to use art to transform
our daily lives. Your Brain on Art will change how you think about
the creative world - both around you and within you' - CHARLES
DUHIGG, author of bestsellers THE POWER OF HABIT and SMARTER FASTER
BETTER
'A groundbreaking book on the science behind humanity, joy and
creativity. Art is the word we use for the magic that makes us
better' - SETH GODIN, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of THIS IS
MARKETING
'Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, through extensive interviews and
research, have created something beautiful and affirming with their
book Your Brain on Art. Its pages provide proof for what so many of
us have always known, that art, especially art in community, is
transformative beyond measure' - DAVID BYRNE, bestselling author of
HOW MUSIC WORKS
'This mind-bending book can help shape richer lives and a newer
world. It's the best description yet of the indivisibility of art,
the natural world, and our neurological health' - RICHARD LOUV,
author of THE NATURE PRINCIPLE and LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS
'An extraordinary and important book. Magsamen and Ross put us back
in touch with one of thedefining features of being human - art'
-DANIEL LEVITIN, New York Times bestselling author of This Is
Your Brain On Music
'In their captivating book, Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross have
assembled something remarkable: a scientific framework for
understanding how art affects us. For anyone who has been
transfixed by a painting, or moved to tears by a piece of music,
this book provides a fascinating tour of what goes on in the brain
when we encounter art's transformative power'
ANNIE MURPHY PAUL, author of The Extended Mind
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