An original study drawing of a famous illustration by Norman Rockwell sold for $1.68 million Sunday night in Heritage Auctions' Platinum Night Sports auction. The 1948 study, or preliminary work, for ...

But, according to a fascinating new study, the right answer is: whenever the last time was that you tried to learn something new. Put away the highlighter (really, science shows they’re worse than ...

People are more likely to remember information they draw than information they visualize, write, or photograph, a new study published in Current Directions in Psychological Science says. Whereas other ...

In most households, there’s a familiar scene, a child tapping a pencil on the desk, humming while solving math, or scribbling cartoons during a break from homework. For years, these small habits were ...

Clinicians can more accurately classify a patient’s cognitive health status by increasing the number and variety of patient diagnostic drawing tasks. That’s according to researchers who aimed to ...

Calculations scribbled in pencil on a strip of drywall at the Menil Drawing Institute recently were the work of construction managers, not artists. But they reminded me that drawing is an instinctive, ...

WORCESTER — UMass Medical School study is investigating whether drawing circles and swirls and creating individual drawings can help people with serious mental illness. The study will investigate ...

Science reveals that seemingly idle habits like humming, drawing, and walking can significantly enhance learning in children. Music, especially instrumental tunes, boosts memory and reduces anxiety, ...