Your brain on art with Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen

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🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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If you think of the arts as entertainment or luxury, Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross might ask you to reconsider. The authors of the New York Times bestseller “Your Brain on Art” argue that engaging with music, craft projects, and museums can transform our lives in unexpected ways. Susan, Ivy, and Adam delve into the fascinating science of neuroaesthetics, and explore how art can unlock creativity, enhance well-being, and enrich communities. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:15.0	work. Transform your operations and move forward faster with pager duty. Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
0:19.0	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick.
0:23.6	I'm an organizational psychologist,
0:25.3	and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people
0:28.1	to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
0:31.7	My guest today are Susan Magsaman and Ivy Ross,
0:35.0	authors of the New York Times Best Seller,
0:37.0	Your Brain on Art.
0:39.0	Ivy is Vice President of Hardware Design at Google,
0:42.0	and she's also an accomplished jewelry
0:44.2	designer. Her work is featured at museums around the world including the Smithsonian.
0:48.8	Susan is the executive director of the International Arts Plus Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins University,
0:55.6	where she brings together scientists and artists to grow the emerging field of neuroesthetics.
1:01.2	Our conversation is about the cognitive effects of art and some creative jewelry designer turned Google Hardware Specialist.
1:25.0	Really?
1:26.2	You don't talk to those people every day?
1:28.0	I mean, to be honest, Susan, I didn't even know those categories
1:30.3	that people existed.
1:31.2	It's good we're still creating new worlds. So I have so many
1:35.0	questions for both of you and a ton to learn in this conversation but let me
1:39.6	begin by asking how did you get interested in the neuroscience of art?
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