Our Brains on Art: An Ancient Prescription for 21st Century Solutions DOI

Susan Magsamen

Journal of Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 44(44), P. e1833242024 - e1833242024

Published: Oct. 30, 2024

Have you ever experienced the awakening presence of a loved one with dementia as they sing familiar song? Or watched, in awe, tremors person Parkinson's disease stop and person's gait improves dance? wondered why, exactly, feel so moved when hear piece music? why digging garden or walking through beautiful natural vista brings sense calm? drawing, coloring, doodling for just few minutes can help relieve anxiety stress? felt physiologically calming effects poem read on day were inconsolable? In writing book Your Brain Art: How Arts Transform Us (Magsamen Ross, 2023), my coauthor Ivy chief design officer consumer devices Google, I sought to illuminate power arts aesthetic experiences. We wove together emerging science neuroaesthetics illustrate how creative expression advances our health, well-being, learning, this mode, which is available us all, poised shape future medicine, public education. After 6 d, became New York Times bestseller. Over last year, thousands people have told that validates their art experiences; it has given them permission make again; put into words what already knew intuitively. believe been successful because world hungry ways heal, thrive, flourish. Ironically, these solutions all along, since humanity began. Science finally catching up offering new possibilities translate cutting-edge research practice around … Correspondence should be addressed Susan Magsamen at smagsam1{at}jhmi.edu.

Language: Английский

The pleasurable urge to move to music is unchanged in people with musical anhedonia DOI Creative Commons
Isaac D. Romkey, Tomas E. Matthews, Nicholas E.V. Foster

et al.

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 20(1), P. e0312030 - e0312030

Published: Jan. 7, 2025

In cognitive science, the sensation of “groove” has been defined as pleasurable urge to move music. When listeners rate rhythmic stimuli on derived pleasure and move, ratings these dimensions are highly correlated. However, recent behavioural brain imaging work shown that two components may be separable. To examine this potential separability, our study investigates groove in people with specific musical anhedonia. Individuals anhedonia have a blunted ability derive from music but can still other domains (e.g., sex food). People were identified those scores lower 10% Barcelona Musical Reward Questionnaire, who had no deficits perception, symptoms depression, average levels physical social anhedonia, sensitivity punishment reward. We predicted if separable, individuals would experience comparable wanting compared controls. Groove responses measured an online (N = 148) using set experimenter-generated varying harmonic complexity, which validated several previous studies. Surprisingly, we found significant differences response between (n 17) matched control group 17). Mediation analyses for sample fully mediated effect complexity ratings. Taken together, results indicate compensate More generally, suggest is primary source response.

Language: Английский

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Musical Reward in Young Children DOI Creative Commons
Haley E. Kragness, Kendra Mehl, Amy M. Belfi

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Music & Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Musical pleasure stems from an interplay of social, emotional, and cognitive factors. In adults, there are large individual differences in musical reward, with some individuals (deemed “hyperhedonic” to music) reporting very high reward others “anhedonic” low reward. anhedonia is, therefore, a selective lack response music, defined by self-reported the absence generalized anhedonia. While this phenomenon has been investigated adults recent years, little is known about or more generally children. To address this, we parents’ perceptions their We adapted questionnaire (the Barcelona Reward Questionnaire [BMRQ]). Parents ( N = 500) responded (children’s BMRQ [cBMRQ]) widely used temperament (Children's Behavior Questionnaire—Very Short Form) concerning 3- 7-year-old As was variation A subset participants rated children’s experience as low, but did not rate them having temperamental negative affectivity. Results point substantial early childhood suggest that may already be apparent childhood.

Language: Английский

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Our Brains on Art: An Ancient Prescription for 21st Century Solutions DOI

Susan Magsamen

Journal of Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 44(44), P. e1833242024 - e1833242024

Published: Oct. 30, 2024

Have you ever experienced the awakening presence of a loved one with dementia as they sing familiar song? Or watched, in awe, tremors person Parkinson's disease stop and person's gait improves dance? wondered why, exactly, feel so moved when hear piece music? why digging garden or walking through beautiful natural vista brings sense calm? drawing, coloring, doodling for just few minutes can help relieve anxiety stress? felt physiologically calming effects poem read on day were inconsolable? In writing book Your Brain Art: How Arts Transform Us (Magsamen Ross, 2023), my coauthor Ivy chief design officer consumer devices Google, I sought to illuminate power arts aesthetic experiences. We wove together emerging science neuroaesthetics illustrate how creative expression advances our health, well-being, learning, this mode, which is available us all, poised shape future medicine, public education. After 6 d, became New York Times bestseller. Over last year, thousands people have told that validates their art experiences; it has given them permission make again; put into words what already knew intuitively. believe been successful because world hungry ways heal, thrive, flourish. Ironically, these solutions all along, since humanity began. Science finally catching up offering new possibilities translate cutting-edge research practice around … Correspondence should be addressed Susan Magsamen at smagsam1{at}jhmi.edu.

Language: Английский

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