This October, Palm Health Foundation’s sixth annual Train the Brain community health campaign returns and serves as a reminder that caring for your brain is just as important as caring for your body. The 2022 campaign, “Celebrating Human Flourishing Through the NeuroArts,” will focus on the convergence between science, the arts, technology and the effects of these experiences on brain, body and overall health. 

The NeuroArts represent the convergence between science, the arts and technology. 

A former prima ballerina with Alzheimer’s disease listens to Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” and begins to spontaneously perform from her wheelchair, lifting her arms in synch with the choreography stored deep in her brain. 

A young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder uses her artwork to demystify her condition and work through her emotions. 

A veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury manages his epilepsy and PTSD by playing the ukulele. 

All support scientific study that has proven that artistic experiences – both observational and experiential – measurably change the brain, body, and behavior, leading to improved physical and mental health, disease prevention, enhanced brain development in children, and more. 

New this year, Palm Health Foundation, together with the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, is promoting a calendar of NeuroArts events. You can find these, and two of the foundation’s keynote Train the Brain events, by visiting https://www.palmhealthfoundation.org/events. 

Train the Brain 2022 Keynote Events:  

The effect of the arts on health and well-being has long been experienced by generations of people and cultures. But now as science and technological advances allow scientists to see and measure the effect of the arts on the brain, the field of NeuroArts is catching fire. 

Palm Health Foundation is hosting a NeuroArts Learning Panel and Lunch at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 18, at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience at One Max Planck Way, Jupiter, FL. During this free event, attendees will hear from local scientists, artists and community change leaders on the connection between the arts and brain health. Lunch and a self-guided tour of Max Planck’s “Images of Science” exhibit will follow the panel discussion. 

Panelists include Nicole Baganz, Ph.D., Assistant Director, FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute and Director of Community Engagement and Programming; Bama Lutes Deal, Ph.D., Cultural Concierge Program Manager for the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County; McLean Bolton, Ph.D., the Research Group Leader in Disorders of Neural Circuit Function at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience; and Kenya Madison, Ed.S., Senior Director for Healthier Delray Beach, a Palm Health Foundation Healthier Together initiative.