Overview
- Provides an exposé of how different neurodegenerative diseases may influence the artistic process
- Presents evidence of how engagement in creative acts can promote certain types of neuroplasticity
- Includes a broad selection of neurological disorders that are of interest to the neurological community
Part of the book series: Current Clinical Neurology (CCNEU)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Medicine
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Other Research and Art Sectors
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The Next Steps Neurodegenerative Diseases and Creativity
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Short Chapters for Artist’ View and Experiences
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About this book
There is significant academic interest in the field of art and neurological disorders. Considering how artistic expression may be modified by alterations in neural circuits, as well as in our bodies and everyday lives, associated with a range of disorders and diseases is a rich territory from which to understand the workings of our brains, the unique blend of factors leading to human art making, and disease itself. This book will be an exposé of how different neurological disorders may influence and/or relate to the artistic process, with a particular focus on visual art and painting. The book will interrogate the question of different aspects of neurological disorders and associated brain changes that may impact artistic expression (and vice versa) and will include devoted chapters on Parkinson’s disease, Epilepsy, Mood Disorders, Autism, and Schizophrenia. Moreover, we will elaborate on the question from the perspective of the artist themselves, with chapters that highlight the artistic process in the context of lived experience (either directly or indirectly) with disease-mediated brain changes. Finally, engagement in creative acts has been linked to therapeutic benefits in multiple disease processes and neuroplasticity, which is another line of inquiry directly addressed in the book. As a whole, the volume focuses on themes and concepts at the boundary of creativity and neuroscience in such a way as to be relevant to both the medical and broader (artistic) community.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
CHUM, Department of Neurology
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Matthew John Pelowski
University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Blanca Thea Maria Spee
University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Art and Neurological Disorders
Book Subtitle: Illuminating the Intersection of Creativity and the Changing Brain
Editors: Alby Richard, Matthew Pelowski, Blanca T.M. Spee
Series Title: Current Clinical Neurology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14724-1
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14723-4Published: 22 February 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14726-5Published: 23 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-14724-1Published: 21 February 2023
Series ISSN: 1559-0585
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4043
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 299
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurology, Psychiatry, Arts