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IAM Lab brings together brain scientists and practitioners in architecture, music and art to spark collaboration and research.
We’re sharing our findings with industry influencers who can apply neuroaesthetics research in their fields to enhance the way we live.
How “Arts on Prescription” Could Change the Course of Healthcare: Q&A With IAM Lab’s Director of Research, Tasha Golden, PhD
In this interview, Dr. Tasha Golden, Director of Research at the IAM Lab, discusses social prescribing, evaluating the nation’s first arts on prescription program “CultureRx”, and sharing what needs to happen for the arts to help us heal – together. Many people are discussing “social prescribing” or “social prescription” and its growing impact on communities...
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In a Time of Stress, Neuroaesthetic Spaces and Places Create a Path to Healing and Hope
As workers report back to the office, children again fill classrooms, and all of us sort through the pandemic-induced trauma and stress of the past two years, it’s helpful to remember what humans across cultures have long recognized: Art and beauty go a long way to improve our mental health. During the COVID era, years...
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How Dance Can Relieve Stress and Help Us Reconnect With Community During COVID-19
As mental health issues increased in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in art-making has also expanded — offering ways for us to creatively cope with the new uncertainty and restrictions of daily life. While some unprecedented health effects of isolation and lockdowns, such as PTSD and loneliness, have emerged during COVID, so...
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The International Arts + Mind Lab is part of the Pedersen Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. IAM Lab brings together brain scientists and practitioners in architecture, music and art in a global effort to amplify human potential.
Neuroaesthetics is an emerging field of study that explores the impact of the arts, architecture and music on the human brain and behavior.
