A brief history of arte teraphy: mental health and neuroscience ,

Jaime H. Cárcamo, Psy. D ,

Autor: Jaime H. Cárcamo, Psy. D.,

He is a NYS licensed clinical psychologist with research and clinical experience in the mental health treatment of Latino populations. Adjunct Professor, The Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (MSSM).

Resumen:

Art and psychology have its roots from the appearance of new ways of thinking and communication in our species, Homo sapiens, dating back to 70,000 and 30,000 years ago. What Yuval Noah Harari (2015) defines as the Cognitive Revolution, when Homo sapiens evolved imagination and creativity. Our species developed new abilities of thinking about their environment: (1) the ability to transmit larger quantities of information about the world; for example, planning and carrying out complex actions, such as avoiding predators and hunting animals, (2) the ability to transmit larger quantities of information about relationships. Sapiens could now gather with larger and more cohesive groups of individuals, and (3) the ability to transmit information about things that do not really exist, such as tribal spirits and nations.