WATCH: The Science of the Arts

How does the brain process sensory information? What gives humans the unique ability to create and respond to art? Can architecture effect healing, creativity and learning?

These are questions at the heart of the Science of the Arts, a program hosted by the Brain Science Institute that brought together researchers and artists in a series of informal conversations about aesthetics and beauty in music, architecture, art and dance. The following video brings these questions to life and explores the next frontier of human cognition.

For more information on the Science of the Arts, please visit: http://www.brainscienceinstitute.org/news/previous_events/conferences_symposiums/the_science_of_the_arts