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The Artistic Brain

Donna Skinner, from donnaskinner.com
The artist is different from you and me because the artist's brain is different from yours and mine. This probably comes as no great surprise, but the way in which it's different might. Brain scans show significantly more gray matter in areas "that control for fine motor performance and what we call procedural memory," according to Dr. Rebecca Chamberlain, who led the study. The nature vs. nurture question, as always, remains open: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26925271

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