Eighty turn-of-the-century drawings by the Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal are currently on display at the Ackland, offering a unique vantage into the intersecting fields of art and ...

“Drawing and the Brain,” a symposium gathering artists, architects, and scientists convenes to discuss the primacy of the sketch as the creative tool of invention and discovery in architecture. The ...

Your brain’s reward pathways become active during art-making activities like doodling, according to a new Drexel University study. Girija Kaimal, EdD, assistant professor in the College of Nursing and ...

On a recent visit to the Museum of Science in Valencia, Spain, I saw an exhibit of original drawings by Santiago Ramon y Cajal, the great Spanish neurobiologist. They took me on a distinctive inward ...

In 1979, Betty Edwards published the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, which remains the preeminent book on the subject of drawing for beginners. In the book, Edwards argues that there are ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 2, 2025. Find that audio here. For many of us, making art is not something that we do daily, but drawing, painting, or sculpting with clay can ...

There are two sides to every brain, at least metaphorically. People don't use one side of the brain more than the other, yet the language is apt for explaining two different personality types. Those ...

Coloring, doodling and drawing all showed significant bloodflow in the section of the brain related to feeling rewarded, a new study by an art therapist found. Your brain's reward pathways become ...