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<\/a>Margaret Tarampi, PhD candidate in psychology at the University of Utah.<\/p><\/div>\n
Tarampi, who has a background in architecture and is an artist in her own right, has been teaching a class at the U of U that explores the relationships between psychology and art. She frequently invited artists to speak to her class and discuss their approach to similar topics. \u201cMy class is based on the premise that both psychology and art are both trying to understand the human condition,\u201d Tarampi says. At loveDANCEmore\u2019s Mudson<\/i> last week, she presented a dance performance with Emily Haygeman that investigated the connection between the two. Because she wants the general public to also be able to explore this connection, she also approached the Leonardo about hosting a lecture series. When they agreed to the partnership, \u201cThis is Your Brain on Art\u201d was born.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, March 28 a panel of psychologists and artists will be participating in, \u201cThis is Your Brain on Art \u2013 Cognitive Psychology and Art.\u201d Cognitive psychology is the study of perception, memory, and problem solving. Panelists will be discussing how their work, be it art or psychology, approaches these topics. \u201cFor me, talking across disciplines is helpful in my own work, conceptually, but in practice it allows us to ask more interesting questions when we can see and understand different perspectives on the same topic,\u201d Tarampi says.<\/p>\n