How Art Benefits Health

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Across
  1. 2. Creating art can give your brain a break from your usual thoughts by creating a ____________
  2. 4. Creating art relieves __________
  3. 6. Creating art ______ your brain to concentrate on details and pay more attention to your environment
  4. 8. When you engage in new activities your brain creates new ______ between brain cells
  5. 11. Your brain's ability to grow connections and change throughout your lifetime
Down
  1. 1. Creating art can lower your ______ level
  2. 3. ____________ depends more on the number of brain connections than the size of the brain
  3. 5. According to Pablo Picasso "Art washes from the soul the _____ of everyday life"
  4. 7. Creating art has been proven to increase psychological and emotional _________
  5. 9. Art _______ has helped military veterans who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
  6. 10. The idea that coloring reduces stress first become popular in this country