To boost creativity, combine systematic daily effort with diverse emotional states

By SharpBrains | April 8, 2016

Map­ping Cre­ativ­i­ty in the Brain (The Atlantic): “The writer Edith Whar­ton, a self-pro­fessed “slow work­er,” dis­missed the idea of easy cre­ative tri­umph. “Many peo­ple assume that the artist receives, at the out­set of his career, the mys­te­ri­ous sealed orders known as ‘Inspi­ra­tion,’ and has only to let that sov­er­eign impulse car­ry him where it will,”…

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What Everyone Should Know About Stress, Brain Health, and Dance

By Judith Hanna, PhD | February 24, 2016

Every­one expe­ri­ences stress at some point in our lives. It is impor­tant to know that stress can harm the brain, and also that dance can be a great avenue for a per­son resist, reduce, or escape it. Stress can change the phys­i­cal struc­ture and func­tion of the brain, affect­ing wiring and thus per­for­mance of one’s activities. 

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What Educators and Parents Should Know About Neuroplasticity, Learning and Dance

By Judith Hanna, PhD | January 22, 2016 |

Dance. Is it mere­ly art?  Is it just recre­ation?  Think again. Dance is now being stud­ied as a path­way to enhance learn­ing.  And, sci­en­tists say, edu­ca­tors and par­ents should take note of the move­ment. Recent­ly at the annu­al meet­ing of the Soci­ety for Neu­ro­science annu­al meet­ing, more than 6,800 atten­dees paid rapt atten­tion to renowned choreographer…

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10 Brain Transformers: A Poem

By Anu Acharya | November 25, 2015

. As we enter an era of a trans­form­ing cere­brals there will soon be “Mind­ful” wear­ables to con­cen­trate, med­i­tate and self reg­u­late Did I just see you drop your jaw­bone at the gate? Charge your­self to a calm­ing or ener­giz­ing state Enhance mem­o­ry and you are now feel­ing great Your life may soon be in a dif­fer­ent motion…

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