What are the neuroarts?

Scientific studies increasingly confirm what human beings across cultures and throughout time have long recognised: we are wired for art. The arts in all of their modalities can improve our physical and mental health, amplify our ability to prevent, manage, or recover from disease challenges, enhance brain development in children, build more equitable communities, and foster wellbeing through multiple biological systems.

Neuroarts is the transdisciplinary study of how the arts and aesthetic experiences measurably change the body, brain, and behaviour and how this knowledge is translated into specific practices that advance health and wellbeing.

The global home of the neuroarts community, the Neuroarts Resource Center, is a virtual watering hole where you can learn, share, and connect to build the interdisciplinary field of neuroarts. ​ You can read more and register for updates here.

My own interests are in the spiritual drivers for healthy, self-organised performance, as well as the resourceful state that can be achieved through arts practice (doing and viewing).  So it's early days, but I shall watch developments and keep you posted through my News.