POP QUIZ

What is Malaka Gharib's profession?

• Neuroscientist

• Journalist

• Art Therapist

• Teacher

What type of art does Malaka Gharib specifically mention she practices?

• Painting

• Sculpting

• Cartooning

• Knitting

What does art help us imagine, according to the article?

• A more hopeful future

• A perfect world

• A life without problems

• A world without art

What does the brain use to make predictions about what we might do next?

• Random guesses

• Information

• Dreams

• Past experiences

What is the role of the brain in art-making, as mentioned in the article?

• To memorize facts

• To predict and prepare for the future

• To calculate numbers

• To sing songs

What did the student do with the piece of paper in Kaimal's story?

• Painted it red

• Colored it with thick black marker

• Tore it into pieces

• Folded it into a paper airplane

What is the purpose of art according to the evolutionary theory mentioned?

• To entertain

• To serve as an evolutionary purpose

• To waste time

• To make money

What effect does engaging in visual expression have on the brain, according to Kaimal?

• It decreases stress levels.

• It activates the reward center.

• It causes anxiety.

• It lowers blood pressure.

What did the researchers measure in the 2017 study published in The Arts in Psychotherapy?

• Blood flow to the brain's reward center.

• Heart rate during art activities.

• Cortisol levels in the blood.

• Brain wave patterns during meditation.

What did the 2016 study in the Journal of the American Art Therapy Association find about cortisol levels?

• They increased after creating art.

• They remained the same.

• They significantly lowered.

• They were unaffected by art.