Saturday, May 19, 2018

Neuroscience + Art


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A person's entire life: captured
The study of the brain is a fascination of both scientists and artists alike. It is a study where we realize our entire being, our memories, our observations, our feelings, are reduced to chemical signals and neuron synapses. Every observed brain contains years of a person's life, and has contained every thought, feeling, and experience that person ever had. For this reason, neuroscience continues to be a great interest of people with any sort of background.

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Brainbow: Hippocampus
The great complexity of the brain and beginning to truly understand it fully poses a challenge that can be solved with the unity of the two cultures. "it challenges us to reach beyond the obvious and take inspiration from other disciplines, in the hopes of making small steps towards an almost unfathomable scientific problem" (Badhwar). Combing the two allows scientists to step out of bounds of the rigid scientific process, and allows artists to create new works that are outside of their usual environment.

Image result for brainbow cerebellumTo produce any sort of art, one must have at least a basic understanding of how the mind works, and what images would be the most pleasing for viewers. "The human brain is wired in such a way that we can make sense of lines, colors and patterns on a flat canvas" (Landau). Artist must learn to apply that knowledge to produce images that are both recognizable, and enjoyable for the viewers.





Works Cited

Badhwar, A. (n.d.). Interplay Between Neuroscience and Art. Art & Language International, 77-108. doi:10.1215/9780822374121-004

Choudhury, A. R. (2010). Scales for communicating colours. Colour Measurement. doi:10.1533/9780857090195.1.19

Landau, Elizabeth. "What the brain draws from: Art and neuroscience." CNN. N.p., 15 2012. Web. 15 Nov 2012. <http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/15/health/art-brain-mind/index.html>.

Sterling, A. (n.d.). MIT Neurotech: Journey Through the Brain. Eyewire. 

Vesna, Victoria. "Conscious / Memory (Part 1)." Lecture. 16 Nov 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DLVQIwOn7o8>

Vesna, Victoria. Lecture. "Conscious / Memory (Part 2)." 16 Nov 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xlg5wXHWZNI>

Vesna, Victoria. Lecture. "Conscious / Memory (Part 3)." 16 Nov 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E5EX75xoBJ0>

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5 comments:

  1. MichelleMay 22, 2018 at 3:59 PM

    I enjoyed the overview of neuroscience you gave in your blog, and I especially liked Landau's quote. It is amazing to think that while we have made many advances in neuroscience and technology and are able to image the brain, these images really are just lines and colors. It will be amazing to see as technology progresses if we will one day be able to delve beyond seeing the brain in a pictorial manner, and possibly one day be able to translate brain patterns into actual thoughts.

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  2. UnknownMay 22, 2018 at 4:36 PM

    Hi Jennifer,
    I really liked the quotes you used in you Blog, specifically Landau's quote. When I think about the discoveries we have already made about the human brain, I can't even imagine what future discoveries may be made thanks to the science. I sincerely believe that artists are going to play a pivotal role in possibly decoding the brain in the coming years thanks to their knowledge of imagery patterns.

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  3. UnknownMay 23, 2018 at 10:39 AM

    I really like how you talked about needing to draw from different disciplines in order to truly understand the brain. I agree that there are many important aspects of the brain that cannot be analyzed through a scientific lens but must be considered as the creative center of our bodies.

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  4. UnknownMay 23, 2018 at 11:38 AM

    I like your thought of how the brain is the foundation for all art and how artists and scientists alike must have a basic understanding of it. I completely agree. I think there should be more collaboration between scientists and artists in the field of neuroscience.

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  5. brontehalliganMay 23, 2018 at 11:42 AM

    I really enjoyed reading your blog this week. It is clear you put a lot of effort into this week and that you must been very interested in the brain and neuroscience. I liked how your blog led me to think about other future directions in discoveries on the Brain. and I really liked how you intertwined other aspects of the body and disciplines to really see how the brain works.

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