Why our brains love arts and crafts

Art and craft practitioners have personal experience of the benefits of making: the handling of material can help to regulate our mental states through providing a means to reach flow states. The mirror neuron system helps in skill learning, and the plasticity of the brain ensures that skills may b...

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Main Authors: Minna Huotilainen, Mimmu Rankanen, Camilla Groth, Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Maarit Mäkelä
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Formakademisk, Oslo 2018-02-01
Series:FORMakademisk
Online Access:https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/formakademisk/article/view/1908