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ERIC Number: EJ1030204
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 50
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0742-1656
Comparison of Brain Activity during Drawing and Clay Sculpting: A Preliminary qEEG Study
Kruk, Kerry A.; Aravich, Paul F.; Deaver, Sarah P.; deBeus, Roger
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, v31 n2 p52-60 2014
A preliminary experimental study examined brain wave frequency patterns of female participants (N = 14) engaged in two different art making conditions: clay sculpting and drawing. After controlling for nonspecific effects of movement, quantitative electroencephalographic (qEEG) recordings were made of the bilateral medial frontal cortex and bilateral medial parietal cortex of each participant. Results showed that both clay sculpting and drawing increased gamma power in the right medial parietal lobe compared to general movement, and unlike drawing, clay sculpting decreased right medial frontal gamma power and elevated theta power. The findings support neuroscience literature that implicates the importance of the right medial parietal lobe in art making, and the activation of memory processes, meditative and emotional states, and spatial-temporal processing that occur. Implications for art therapy are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: United States (East); State Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger)