How Arts Training Improves Attention and Cognition
Does education in the arts transfer to seemingly unrelated cognitive abilities? Researchers are finding evidence that it does. Michael Posner argues that when children find an art form that sustains their interest, the subsequent strengthening of their brains’ attention networks can improve cognition more broadly.
Art is good for the soul AND the mind! One way to get your creative juices flowing is to decorate and submit a postcard to the PostSecret project, either to the original website or the Cornell edition!
