This was a really fascinating article. It was very interesting to find out that artists, specifically professional musicians, have different brains than the average person. This also made me wonder about artists like Van Gogh, who cut off his own ear and eventually killed himself due to a mental illness. Does the fact that artists' brains are different have anything to do with that? This could have something to do with the fact that artists have certain sections of their brain bigger than average. For example, musicians' hectal gyrus is far larger than a non-musucian's. If visual artists have a similar phenomenon, does this maybe crowd out parts of the brain that help to keep us sane? This may just be the reason for "tortured artists".
More evidence to back this up: I read an article that said that part of the reason we are sane is because we forget things. These bigger brain sections in the same size brain may be forcing the part of the brain that lets us forget to be a lot smaller. This would definitely contribute to being insane.
Overall, I think this article was amazing. I give it a 9/10. The reason it is not a 10/10 in my eyes is because it was so short. I would have loved to learn more about this amazing study because the rest of the article was amazing. This article was very thought provoking and intersting. It incited many questions in my head.
I really enjoyed this article. This was an extremely interesting topic to me since I am a musician. It is interesting that the artists have different brains than the average person.I also agree with Emmie on the fact that Van Gogh, being an artist who probably had a different brain have to do to why he killed himself. I am very intrigued about that and I plan to research that as much as possible.
Overall, this article was entertaining and fun to read. I am very excited to go more in depth about this topic.
This was a really intriguing article. It was interesting to find out that artists and professional musicians have different brains than an ordinary person. Though, I can understand because artists and musicians have a different way of looking at things than normal people would. I can also say that I learned a little bit more about how my dad's brain functions. My dad used to be a musician, and now records music all around the world. And since he is so caught up with music, I can tell that his brain understands things or looks at things differently, than my mom or I would.
In short, I really enjoyed reading this article, however, I give it a 4 out of 5 stars because it was very short, and I wish it would've given me more information.
Also, to reply to Emmie and Kristin's comment, I had read about a biography on Van Gogh, and the reason he cut off his ear is because he had gotten in a fight with his friend Paul Gauguin, who told him that he would never listen to him, and that he should cut off his ear. Van Gogh, who was tortured, went insane, and with a knife, chopped his ear off. In addition, to answer why he killed himself, people say that he shot himself, wishing to end his life. However, some of Gogh's biographers claim that Van Gogh did not kill himself, but he was shot accidentally by a boy. Unfortunately, I do not know which story is true, so I will look a bit further into that.
It was very interesting to find that artists, musicians, etc. have different brains that other people. After thinking about it, though, it is not really that surprising. To be able to accomplish amazing things that some artists have accomplished require a brain that is very different and special, something beyond a "right brain, left brain thing". It definitely makes sense that their brains are more developed in areas for fine motor skills because that is one of the main areas of the brain that an artist needs to be very good with. I just wish that the article, along with the actual study, was longer, more explanatory, and more in-depth. The article was not focused and didn't give detailed facts and information, although the topic was good. 6.5 out of 10.
This was a cool article. Of course, I could imagine that for artists the right side of the brain would be larger, but who would have thought that artists would actually have structurally different brains? Something I was curious about in the article was when they mentioned that sometimes these different "artist" brain structures occurred from birth. This made me wonder if people who were born with this brain structure actually turned out to become artists in real life. In other words, are some people "destined" at birth to become artists? And if not, does the unique brain structure convert back to normal over time if they are not artists? This might have been an interesting point to add in the article, which unfortunately was a bit too short in my opinion. The last point I want to address is that the title of the article implied that all artists have structurally different brains. However when I read the article, it seemed to be referring more to musicians. My evidence of this is that at the end of the article, they mentioned that these brains had a larger Heschl's gyrus, which was responsible for processing and responding to sound. This is pointing out that the article was not so much of visual artists, but more of musicians. Overall, I give this article 8.5 out of 10 stars.
I really enjoyed this article. I always thought that it was right side and left side because that is what people told me. But I find that instead artists have larger parts of their brain. A surprising thing for me is that artists are born this way, so some people are just born artists and some are not. I agree with Lilah that some people must be "destined" to become artists. It is really interesting that artists look at the world differently than other people, but it does make sense. It's a more abstract thing that not everyone can see. I found the heschl's gyrus really interesting and wonder how it could hve affected how artists behave. Like emmire said, this may just be the reason for "tortured artists." Overall, this was a really interesting article, even though it didn't have too much information and I hope to find out more about it, especially the hescl's gyrus.
I didn't really like this article. Sure, it was nice to find out that artists have different brains, but I completely agree with Jake F. Don't we already know that? Your brain develops as you grow older, and strengthens bonds that you spend a lot of time on. If you are a talented pianist, and spend most of your time on the piano, of course your hand-eye coordination bonds would be very strong. I would also like to respectfully disagree with Emmie, Kristin, and Bianca. I do not believe that this was the cause of Van Gogh cutting his own ear off. As you will learn in math, it becomes hard to say that one thing depends on another. There were many other things going on in Van Gogh's life, and he was most likely depressed. His case is not rare. I do appreciate the proof, though. The article itself was okay, at best, it was not well written, and I would have liked to see more pictures comparing the two brains. This was written recently, which means that most of it is up to date. I would have liked more have an article, though. I think they did this because they really did not have enough information to type anything else. It is frustrating when people are not sure when they type up articles. I don't believe that they should write about this with the information they had. I would say some things about it, but there wasn't enough to get me interested. Oh, and of course the hescle's gyrus is bigger. What do you expect from artists?
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This was a really fascinating article. It was very interesting to find out that artists, specifically professional musicians, have different brains than the average person. This also made me wonder about artists like Van Gogh, who cut off his own ear and eventually killed himself due to a mental illness. Does the fact that artists' brains are different have anything to do with that? This could have something to do with the fact that artists have certain sections of their brain bigger than average. For example, musicians' hectal gyrus is far larger than a non-musucian's. If visual artists have a similar phenomenon, does this maybe crowd out parts of the brain that help to keep us sane? This may just be the reason for "tortured artists".
More evidence to back this up: I read an article that said that part of the reason we are sane is because we forget things. These bigger brain sections in the same size brain may be forcing the part of the brain that lets us forget to be a lot smaller. This would definitely contribute to being insane.
Overall, I think this article was amazing. I give it a 9/10. The reason it is not a 10/10 in my eyes is because it was so short. I would have loved to learn more about this amazing study because the rest of the article was amazing. This article was very thought provoking and intersting. It incited many questions in my head.
I really enjoyed this article. This was an extremely interesting topic to me since I am a musician. It is interesting that the artists have different brains than the average person.I also agree with Emmie on the fact that Van Gogh, being an artist who probably had a different brain have to do to why he killed himself. I am very intrigued about that and I plan to research that as much as possible.
Overall, this article was entertaining and fun to read. I am very excited to go more in depth about this topic.
This was a really intriguing article. It was interesting to find out that artists and professional musicians have different brains than an ordinary person. Though, I can understand because artists and musicians have a different way of looking at things than normal people would. I can also say that I learned a little bit more about how my dad's brain functions. My dad used to be a musician, and now records music all around the world. And since he is so caught up with music, I can tell that his brain understands things or looks at things differently, than my mom or I would.
In short, I really enjoyed reading this article, however, I give it a 4 out of 5 stars because it was very short, and I wish it would've given me more information.
Also, to reply to Emmie and Kristin's comment, I had read about a biography on Van Gogh, and the reason he cut off his ear is because he had gotten in a fight with his friend Paul Gauguin, who told him that he would never listen to him, and that he should cut off his ear. Van Gogh, who was tortured, went insane, and with a knife, chopped his ear off. In addition, to answer why he killed himself, people say that he shot himself, wishing to end his life. However, some of Gogh's biographers claim that Van Gogh did not kill himself, but he was shot accidentally by a boy. Unfortunately, I do not know which story is true, so I will look a bit further into that.
It was very interesting to find that artists, musicians, etc. have different brains that other people. After thinking about it, though, it is not really that surprising. To be able to accomplish amazing things that some artists have accomplished require a brain that is very different and special, something beyond a "right brain, left brain thing". It definitely makes sense that their brains are more developed in areas for fine motor skills because that is one of the main areas of the brain that an artist needs to be very good with.
I just wish that the article, along with the actual study, was longer, more explanatory, and more in-depth. The article was not focused and didn't give detailed facts and information, although the topic was good. 6.5 out of 10.
This was a cool article. Of course, I could imagine that for artists the right side of the brain would be larger, but who would have thought that artists would actually have structurally different brains? Something I was curious about in the article was when they mentioned that sometimes these different "artist" brain structures occurred from birth. This made me wonder if people who were born with this brain structure actually turned out to become artists in real life. In other words, are some people "destined" at birth to become artists? And if not, does the unique brain structure convert back to normal over time if they are not artists? This might have been an interesting point to add in the article, which unfortunately was a bit too short in my opinion. The last point I want to address is that the title of the article implied that all artists have structurally different brains. However when I read the article, it seemed to be referring more to musicians. My evidence of this is that at the end of the article, they mentioned that these brains had a larger Heschl's gyrus, which was responsible for processing and responding to sound. This is pointing out that the article was not so much of visual artists, but more of musicians. Overall, I give this article 8.5 out of 10 stars.
I really enjoyed this article. I always thought that it was right side and left side because that is what people told me. But I find that instead artists have larger parts of their brain. A surprising thing for me is that artists are born this way, so some people are just born artists and some are not. I agree with Lilah that some people must be "destined" to become artists.
It is really interesting that artists look at the world differently than other people, but it does make sense. It's a more abstract thing that not everyone can see.
I found the heschl's gyrus really interesting and wonder how it could hve affected how artists behave. Like emmire said, this may just be the reason for "tortured artists."
Overall, this was a really interesting article, even though it didn't have too much information and I hope to find out more about it, especially the hescl's gyrus.
I didn't really like this article. Sure, it was nice to find out that artists have different brains, but I completely agree with Jake F. Don't we already know that? Your brain develops as you grow older, and strengthens bonds that you spend a lot of time on. If you are a talented pianist, and spend most of your time on the piano, of course your hand-eye coordination bonds would be very strong. I would also like to respectfully disagree with Emmie, Kristin, and Bianca. I do not believe that this was the cause of Van Gogh cutting his own ear off. As you will learn in math, it becomes hard to say that one thing depends on another. There were many other things going on in Van Gogh's life, and he was most likely depressed. His case is not rare. I do appreciate the proof, though. The article itself was okay, at best, it was not well written, and I would have liked to see more pictures comparing the two brains. This was written recently, which means that most of it is up to date. I would have liked more have an article, though. I think they did this because they really did not have enough information to type anything else. It is frustrating when people are not sure when they type up articles. I don't believe that they should write about this with the information they had. I would say some things about it, but there wasn't enough to get me interested. Oh, and of course the hescle's gyrus is bigger. What do you expect from artists?
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