Strengthening Adoption of Arts/Health Practices through Research: A Five-Point Plan 

At an event last weekend, I spoke at the invitation of that rarest of entities—a coalition of brain scientists, foundations, and venture capitalists. This group, BrainMind, held a forum inspired by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross’s bestselling book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us.
Sessions at the forum covered such topics as the neurophysiology of one’s brain “on art,” the arts and physical and mental health, and the arts and learning—but the conver