How Art Can Heal The Brain

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How Art Can Heal The Brain

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Mar 18, 2022

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Arts therapies appear to ease a host of brain disorders from Parkinson's to PTSD. But these treatments that rely on music, poetry or visual arts haven't been backed by rigorous scientific testing. Now, artists and brain scientists have launched a program to change that. NPR's brain correspondent Jon Hamilton tells us about an initiative called the NeuroArts Blueprint.

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Mar 18, 2022

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How Art Can Heal The Brain

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