A viewer wears headphones to demonstrate the effects of paintings on the brain (Sky News)
Saturday 4 November 2023 / 18:28
In museums and galleries across the UK, visitors can walk around with headphones explaining how art affects brain waves.
The headphones are connected to an electroencephalograph (EEG) machine that allows people’s brain waves to be visualized on screens in 3D and in real time. The devices have already been used at the Courtauld Gallery in London, where visitors were able to see what their brains look like. They were influenced by the paintings of artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Edouard Manet and Paul Cézanne.
The program is the latest effort by the Foundation for the Arts to encourage the return of visitors to museums and galleries that have struggled to return to pre-pandemic visitor numbers.
Art Fund Director Jenny Waldman told the network Sky News: “It’s a way to show exactly what’s going on in our brains, and how exciting it is to go back to the museum environment, to go back to the galleries, to see real art and have that experience… What we’re trying to do with this experience is show how wonderful the museum experience is and get people to “step back “Encouraging.
The technology, developed by special effects company The Mill in collaboration with interactive artist Chew Lee, can demonstrate the impact of art on the human brain.
Rutgers University neuroscientist and researcher Dr. According to Ahmed Bey, art can have a long-term positive effect on the brain, although more research is needed, he said.
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