Transcript ARTS AND THE BRAIN - Johns Hopkins School of Education

LEANING ARTS AND THE
BRAIN
Michael I. Posner
University of Oregon
JOHNS HOPKINS
NEURO-ED SUMMIT
MAY 6, 2009
Dance
1
M us ic (He ar, Play)
4
5.
Fi
lm
Write , Se e Plays
3
Vis ual Arts
2
Movement
Foot-tapping,
dancing, playing
an instrument
Emotional
Reactions
to music
Memory
& Associations
Visual Perception
Reading music,
watching a performance
Auditory
Perception
& Analysis
Expectancy Generation,
violation & satisfaction
Sensory Feedback
from playing an instrument,
dancing
Auditory co
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BA44
Visual c
Ref.: Fujioka, T, Ross, B, Kakigi, R, Pantev, C, Trainor, LJ. One
year of musical training affects development of auditory corticalevoked fields in young children. Brain 2006; 129(10):2593-2608.
GENE
RALAESTHETICCUST
ER
Imaginatio n, Creativit y, Art istic
I show alot of imagi
natio n
I am creative
I am artistic
Assoc
iativeSensi
tivitySpontaneous cognitive content that is not related
to standard associatio ns with the environment.
24. I sometimesseemtounde
rstandthingsintuitively.
39. When
I amrestng
i itwhmyeye
sclosed,Isometimes seeisua
vl im
ages
.
41. Sometim
esmymindisfull of a diversearrayofloosely conn
ectedthough
tsand
image
s.
62. I sometime
sdre
am fovivid,detailedsettng
i s th atare un
lik eanything
th atI have
expe
rienc
edwhen
awake
.
79. With ou
t apply
ingeffort, creatvi eideas so
metim
es present themelves
s tome.
THEORY
1. NETWORKS FOR EACH SPECIFIC ART FORM
2. GENERAL FACTOR OF INTEREST IN ARTS
GENERAL ARTS FACTOR RELATED TO
ORIENTING SENSITIVITY = OPENNESS
3. WHEN GENERAL FACTOR IS HIGH - ARTS TRAINING
IN AN APPROPRIATE SPECIFIC ART- PRODUCES HIGH
INTEREST OR MOTIVATON
4. INTEREST SUSTAINS ATTENTION
5. ATTENTION TRAINING IMPROVES COGNITION
ATTENTION TRAINING
ERP time courses of the conflict resolution
Adults
6-year-old children
ERP time courses of the conflict resolution
SUMMARY
Support for general theory of ARTS training and cognition
Increasing evidence for genetic involvement in individual
differences
Likelihood of age related changes in how genes shape
aesthetic preference
GENETICS FINDINGS
PARENTAL ORIENTING SENSITIVITY RELATED TO
COMT - DOPAMINE
DRD4 7 REPEAT INTERACTS WITH PARENTING QUALITY
TO INFLUENCE CHILD BEHAVIOR. PARENTS WITH
7 REPEAT HAVE REDUCED INTEREST IN SPECIFIC ART
FORMS
DBH (DOPAMINE AND TPH2 SEROTONIN WERE RELATED
TO EXECUTIVE ATTENTION AND TO INTEREST IN
AESTHETICS