Arts Engagement in Trauma Recovery Shows Significant Mental Health Benefits JHU’s IAM Lab and Path with Art publish research showing arts engagement improves self-efficacy, adding to growing body of evidence supporting arts in public health for trauma recovery Baltimore, MD, June 1, 2026—The Johns Hopkins University International Arts + Mind Lab (IAM LAB), Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics and Seattle-based Path with Art announce results of a new neuroarts […] Read More Planetary Health and Neuroarts The powerful role of the arts in reconnecting people with nature. Key points Planetary health links human well-being directly to Earth’s ecological systems and stability. The arts can turn abstract crises like climate change into personal, actionable experiences. Neuroarts show how […] Read More Neuroaesthetics Course Launches at JHU In Fall 2024, the Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts & Science offered its first ever undergraduate course about the science of neuroaesthetics. Developed and taught by the International […] Read More Leading Through the Arts: A Report From a Global Symposium on Arts for Brain Health Written by Glenna Batson, Somatics teacher for the dance program at Peabody Institute. “Movement is the language of the brain.” – Moshe Feldenkrais What is embodiment? This question loomed in […] Read More 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 […] Read More The Neuroscience of Music and Parkinson’s Disease As anyone who has ever heard “their song” can attest, the right music has the power to make you move. Now, healthcare providers are trying to harness this power to […] Read More Neuroarts: An Emerging Field With a Plan to Transform Health Artists across cultures and throughout history have long recognized what scientific research has only recently been able to confirm: The arts are essential to our ability to heal and thrive. […] Read More New IAM Lab Study Charts Use of Music Interventions to Treat Serious Mental Illness The healing power of music for mental health has been formally studied across many professions – from psychology to music therapy to nursing – dating back to the 1940s. A […] Read More Reimagining Place: Identity, Healing and Justice with Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, a community planning expert and institute professor at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions […] Read More IAM Lab and Neuroaesthetics Partners Featured in Johns Hopkins Magazine Johns Hopkins Magazine recently profiled the International Arts + Mind Lab (IAM Lab) in the Fall 2019 issue, highlighting its growing body of work in the field of neuroaesthetics—at Hopkins […] Read More More → Join the neuroaesthetics conversation: Subscribe here | Support our work: Donate here
