LEANING ARTS AND THE BRAIN

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LEANING ARTS AND THE BRAIN
Michael I. Posner University of Oregon

• JOHNS HOPKINS
• NEURO-ED SUMMIT
• MAY 6, 2009

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Ref. Fujioka, T, Ross, B, Kakigi, R, Pantev, C,
Trainor, LJ. One year of musical training
affects development of auditory cortical-evoked
fields in young children. Brain 2006
129(10)2593-2608.
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THEORY
1. NETWORKS FOR EACH SPECIFIC ART FORM
2. GENERAL FACTOR OF INTEREST IN ARTS
GENERAL ARTS FACTOR RELATED TO ORIENTING
SENSITIVITY OPENNESS

• WHEN GENERAL FACTOR IS HIGH - ARTS TRAINING
• IN AN APPROPRIATE SPECIFIC ART- PRODUCES
  HIGH
• INTEREST OR MOTIVATON

4. INTEREST SUSTAINS ATTENTION
5. ATTENTION TRAINING IMPROVES COGNITION
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ATTENTION TRAINING
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ERP time courses of the conflict resolution
6-year-old children
Adults
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SUMMARY
Support for general theory of ARTS training and
cognition
Increasing evidence for genetic involvement in
individual differences
Likelihood of age related changes in how genes
shape aesthetic preference
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GENETICS FINDINGS
PARENTAL ORIENTING SENSITIVITY RELATED TO
COMT - DOPAMINE
DRD4 7 REPEAT INTERACTS WITH PARENTING QUALITY TO
INFLUENCE CHILD BEHAVIOR. PARENTS WITH 7 REPEAT
HAVE REDUCED INTEREST IN SPECIFIC ART FORMS

DBH (DOPAMINE AND TPH2 SEROTONIN WERE RELATED TO
EXECUTIVE ATTENTION AND TO INTEREST IN AESTHETICS