Recap—Creativity and Neuroscience: Movement and Mind

In April, we hosted our first Creativity and Neuroscience online workshop on "Movement and Mind". (Also, it was our one year workshop-anniversary!) For this workshop we invited performance artist, dancer, dance movement therapist, movement director, and body researcher Sophie Mars. The workshop included a mix of lecture, poetry, physical examples, as well as, references to … Continue reading Recap—Creativity and Neuroscience: Movement and Mind

“At the EDGE of Neuroscience and Art”

The Charité NeuroScience (CNS) Newsletter featured us in their march 2020 edition on science communication. Scroll down to page four to the interview by Alex Masurovsky with one of our members Ian to find more how we got started, our visions and much more!The CNS Newsletter is created by and published every three months for … Continue reading “At the EDGE of Neuroscience and Art”

Creativity and Neuroscience Workshop: Art as Research

Art-based research is the use of an artistic process as a form of study. The workshop will begin with Ashley and Liz presenting their work and explaining their personal art-based research methods. It will also investigate new methods for generating, developing, and communicating new ideas by offering practical exercises and a group discussion. In order … Continue reading Creativity and Neuroscience Workshop: Art as Research

Spatial Navigation: The Art and Science of Wayfinding

On the 5th of May, Dora -a writer and geographer interested in creative digital mapping, and Amy Young -an artsy neuroscientist fascinated by neural correlates of space and place, hosted an online workshop exploring the neuroscience of spatial navigation. Their interactive discussion featured our cellular toolkit, the systems in place that encode our wayfinding ability, … Continue reading Spatial Navigation: The Art and Science of Wayfinding