The relationship between neuroscience and art seems to be very similar to me as medical technology and art, which I did a blog post about a few weeks ago. The topic of neuroscience, however, is especially interesting for me because I am currently in a course called “Philosophy of the MInd” this quarter. I found it interesting to learn of topics such as consciousness, unconsciousness, and how drugs affect the way neuroscientists and artists have learned about the brain and the way it functions for us humans. (Image: Japanese-styled art inspired by neuroscience) Introduced in the first lecture video, Professor Vesna talks of the concept of consciousness, how it was founded, and the things associated with consciousness. Consciousness is simple the state of being conscious, or I like to think it basically just means being aware that you are alive and functioning. Consciousness was rooted by great scientists, such as Franz Joseph Gall, Pierre Paul Broca, and Santiago R...
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