Book chapter
Tracking creative self-expression through imaging tools
The Expressive Instinct
07 Dec 2022
Abstract
This chapter discusses ways in which art-making is associated with creative self-expression, health, and well-being, as measured using imaging techniques that assess physiological changes in the brain. There is emerging evidence on how creative expression changes the structure and function of the brain, derived by studies mapping its activation. Most imaging studies tend to involve receptive experiences of viewing visual art, but there is a small body of literature on the impacts of creative self-expression. This chapter focuses on what we know from brain imaging studies on the impact of visual self-expression, including emerging evidence on how it promotes health and well-being.
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- Title
- Tracking creative self-expression through imaging tools
- Creators
- Girija Kaimal
- Publication Details
- The Expressive Instinct
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Creative Arts Therapies
- Other Identifier
- 991019295189504721