Creativity and altered states of consciousness in Palaeolithic caves
The exhibition "Around Lascaux. Three meetings between art, brain and spirituality", dedicated to the lesser-known aspects of the famous French cave, opens on Tuesday 18 October at 18.30 with the unusual meeting entitled "Creativity and altered states of consciousness in Palaeolithic caves".
Together with Nicola De Pisapia, Associate Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (DIPSCO) of the University of Trento, we will try to understand how our brain behaves when we enter a deep cave and how our artistic creativity can be influenced by external visual and auditory stimuli. Not just a lecture: participants in the event will be involved in a hands-on experiment (about 20 minutes) with sounds and lights to induce a slight alteration in the state of consciousness, similar to what our Palaeolithic ancestors might have experienced when exploring a painted cave.
