Anca Lamse

“Attention directs our consciousness to focus on some things and not others, and it is a fluid state that moves through varying degrees. “Attention is your ability to selectively focus and sustain focus,”
― Susan Magsamen, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

“All these drawings are different ways of accessing the imagination and what’s possible.”
― Susan Magsamen, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

“True learning is the scaffolding for a vibrant, resilient life, and the arts are vital to building that cognitive infrastructure in children through the formation of strong executive function.”
― Susan Magsamen, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

“Learning comes in many forms: cognitive, emotional, embodied. There is explicit learning, where you actively seek knowledge, and implicit learning, where you passively take in experiences that change you. Many elements go into making experiences more salient for learning, among them novelty, humor, curiosity, attention level, creativity, motivation, environment, and the unique way your brain develops.”
― Susan Magsamen, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us