Brain scans reveal the power of art Works of art can give as much joy as being head over heels in love, according to a new scientific study. By Robert Mendick and Robertmendick 08 May 2011 • 8:00am ...

The Tasmanian Acquired Brain Injury Services (TABIS) runs art classes once a week for people living with a brain injury in northern Tasmania, and on Friday about 15 people are busy creating artworks.

These paintings are both by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian but display strikingly different styles. The house on the left is representational; the colorful squares on the right are more abstract.

The cranium, or braincase, of early modern humans dating back 200,000 years isn’t much different in size from those today, but has a significantly different shape, suggesting that the brain has ...