ADHD afflicts a staggering number of adolescents in the US today, and there is a worrying growth in the number of young children being diagnosed with ADD or ADHD every year. Lots of adults also report struggling with symptoms of ADHD throughout their 20s; even if they do not have full-blown ADHD, they find they […]
Art & Cognition
Art has a profound and direct effect on cognition. Engaging with art, either creating it or viewing it, can cause drastic changes in brain chemistry and electrical activity in different parts of the brain. This is why art is such a useful tool in enhancing cognitive function, improving mental health, and increasing creativity. The articles below look at the many ways that art can be used as a cognitive enhancer.
Can art relieve stress?
Art is often described as something inherently therapeutic. Whether it’s painting, sculpture, writing or dance, engaging with or creating art has long been seen as a way to relieve stress. In fact, so potent a therapeutic agent has art been perceived that it is often a part of the treatment in psychiatric hospitals and rehab […]
Does art release dopamine?
Art can elicit an intense emotional response from us for reasons we don’t always understand. Viewing different pieces of art can make us feel drastically different things; some pieces make us feel serene and calm, while others can make us feel intensely sad and melancholic. But what is unarguable is that good art can exert […]
Does Modafinil make you creative?
Modafinil is, in many ways, the archetypal smart drug. It is usually the nootropic compound that really gets people excited about cognitive enhancement, given that it has some fo the strongest effects of even the pharmaceutical-grade study drugs. Modafinil is probably as close to NZT-48 (the pill in the movie Limitless) as we are ever […]