The Science of Learning and the Cultivation of the Arts.
National Science Foundation: The Final Report Main Outcomes from the Workshop (p.4) Evaluation of the Current Status The Workshop was motivated by the current expansion of interest in the science of learning and the expanded possibilities of conceptual interrelationships offered by training and exposure to the arts. As a high priority for the national interest, the difficult task of understanding and effectively enhancing learning across disciplines, ages and cultural specificities was thought to be particularly benefited by training in and even exposure to the arts. Both the workshop presentations and discussions demonstrated how contemporary research is beginning to explore new neuroscientific hypotheses concerning the effects of learning in activities (such as musical performance, drawing, visual aesthetics, and dance) on learning in non-artistic domains. For example, early evidence suggests that experience in the arts may facilitate creative thinking and...
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