Building a better brain through music, dance and poetry

A recent NPR article quotes various authorities talking about the measurable and beneficial impact that various forms of art have on the brain. The article references the New York Times bestseller, “Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us”, where the authors Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen argue that creativity helps make new synapses." Children that are playing music, their brain structure actually changes and their cerebral cortex actually gets larger," Magsamen says. Despite growing evidence that arts can improve performance in many other areas, activities like music and drawing have fallen out of favor in education and our culture, Ross says.  

This is precisely the focus of STEM to STEMM, and we hope that with all of your involvement, we can remedy this situation.