NSF Workshop on Art, Creativity and Learning, to be held at the National Science Foundation and at the Philips Collection, Washington, D.C., June 11-13, 2008

学弹钢琴能提高你的数学能力吗？接触伟大的艺术作品能提高工程方面的创造力和学习能力吗？人们常常想知道，一方面是艺术训练和教育之间的联系，另一方面是表面上的非艺术认知能力之间的联系。早期证据表明，艺术教育可能会促进创造性思维和有效解决各种智力领域的问题。神经成像研究显示，艺术家和非艺术家的大脑存在差异，在那些很早开始接受艺术训练的人中，这种差异更强。阐明艺术和其他智力领域之间的联系，以及艺术训练对大脑的影响，将拓宽和加深我们对人类学习的基本理解。在国家科学基金会的支持下，克里斯托弗·泰勒博士正在组织一个关于艺术和创造力与学习科学相关的研讨会。一群不同的科学家、教育家和历史学家将齐聚一堂，讨论艺术训练作为一系列因素的作用，包括对寿命的把握、艺术媒介和形式，以及情感后遗症。这些讨论的一个主要目的是探索加强学术学习的新方法。研讨会将汇集来自不同相关领域的杰出研究人员，包括视觉艺术、音乐、舞蹈、听觉模式识别、发展心理学、神经科学、教育和哲学。

Can learning to play the piano enhance your mathematical skills? Can exposure to great works of art enhance creativity and learning in engineering? People have often wondered about links between artistic training and education on the one hand, and ostensibly non-artistic cognitive abilities on the other hand. Early evidence suggests that education in the arts may facilitate creative thinking and effective problem solving across a broad range of intellectual domains. Neuroimaging studies reveal differences in the brains of artists vs. non-artists, which are stronger in those who started arts training early. Illuminating links between the arts and other intellectual domains, and the effects of artistic training on the brain, would both broaden and deepen our basic understanding of human learning.With support from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Christopher Tyler is organizing a workshop on art and creativity as they relate to the Science of Learning. A diverse group of scientists, educators, and historians will come together to discuss the effects of artistic training as a function of a variety of factors, including timing over the lifespan, artistic medium and modality, and emotional sequelae. A primary aim of these discussions is to explore new approaches to the enhancement of academic learning. The workshop will bring together distinguished researchers from a diverse array of interrelated fields, including visual art, music, dance, auditory pattern recognition, developmental psychology, neuroscience, education, and philosophy.