In our new paper published in Cerebral Cortex, we noticed that math experts’ brains enter to slow delta synchrony when solving complex math problems. Such brain states seem to be essential to solve complex problems - like the ones we face in our societies academic.oup.com/cercor/article…

Today in Bucharest, I participated in a dance session for people with mental health challenges lead by Indie Box for our DanceBrainRehab Erasmus+ project. Welcome to join our public event on Dance & Wellbeing at the National University of Theater and Film tomorrow!

I could not recommend more to cherish and practise your skill of deep concentration. For practising such concentration, and improving overall wellbeing, I’m organizing the Brain Health Retreat at the gorgeous Six Senses Six Senses Ibiza on April 10th-13th: sixsenses.com/en/resorts/ibi…

Happy Brain Awareness Week! This year, WiseMotion contributes to the week with a 5-day Retreat in Finland for people with MS or other rare neurological illness. Our retreat combines neuroscience, dance, visual arts and nature to support the participants emotional and brain health

Happy to notice how the current wellness field values the long-term brain health, as shown in the articles about my Brain Health Retreat at elle Spain and European Spa. Brain Health Retreat with Dr. Hanna Poikonen, Six Senses Ibiza, April 10th-13th: sixsenses.com/en/resorts/ibi…

Really enjoyed talking about the benefits of dance for our brains, learning and society yesterday when we celebrated the International Dance Day at Samtal & debatt Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm together with Karolinska Institutet, Dansens Hus and Balettakademien!

➡️ Watch a very interesting video of the celebration of Dance Day at Kulturhuset 🇸🇪 with an International perspective & Dance Health ☑️ Check the panel discussion between the key speakers @SaraPMHouston, Dr. Hanna Poikonen, Gunnar Bjursell & Åsa N. Åström! ▶️ play.ki.se/media/April+29…

ETH Zürich, like so many other institutions and companies, suffer from the rapid increase of mental health issues. I was happy to experience the direct action taken by one of the ETH professors and share a WiseMotion workshop on sleep on her lab’s retreat at the Swiss Alps.

Spotlight #6 on the #IADMS #DanceForHealth committee Dr Hanna Poikonen pursued her doctoral degree in neuroscience of dance and music in 2018. Since then, she is involved in Dance for Health projects both as a practitioner and educator through her #WiseMotion method, 🧵

During the 4-day WiseMotion Retreat at Arctic TreeHouse Hotel, we understood the body from the mechanical, cognitive, emotional and creative perspectives which supported the wellbeing of people with highly demanding careers, with neurological challenges and a healthcare professional.

In today's hospitality news, Trisara, a luxury resort in Phuket, will host its inaugural wellness retreat  programme, the WiseMotion Retreat, this November, an innovative 5-day retreat that will be led by esteemed neuroscientist Dr. Hanna Poikonen. More at punchmedia.co.th/2024/09/the-wi…

Happy to share the first results of our DanceCARE project!

Happy to share with you our new open-access article which was published in the European Journal of Neuroscience on the cortical functions of dancers, musicians and novices when watching live dance at LIVELab of McMaster University doi.org/10.1111/ejn.13… Video: vimeo.com/345086503

On the first day at Motion Lab of Örebro universitet, I lead a workshop on EEG data acquisition and analysis. On the second day, we recorded good-quality EEG-fNIRS data with 64 EEG and 64 fNIRS channels with the mobile systems of g.tec medical engineering GmbH and NIRx Medical Tech.. It is possible! #brainresearch

Tanssikokemus näkyy tanssiteoksen katsojien aivotoiminnassa University of Helsinki Tanssiteoksen katsojien aivotoimintaa tutkittiin aidossa teatteriympäristössä ensimmäistä kertaa maailmassa. Lue lisää 🔽 helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/aiv…

– Vuorovaikutuksemme siirtyessä yhä voimakkaammin verkkoalustoille ja virtuaaliseen maailmaan on tärkeää tietää, että todellisessa maailmassa tapahtuvat kohtaamiset ovat ainutlaatuisia – myös aivoillemme, sanoo tutkimuksen pääkirjoittaja Hanna Poikonen Dr. Hanna Poikonen

Great teaching today the WiseMotion Masterclass on the brain states of creativity and innovation at the FusionPoint! FusionPoint is a part of the Esade Business and Law School in Barcelona and one of the university innovation hubs of the Design Factory Global Network.

What happens to our human ability to solve complex problems in the future if we teach ourselves not to use deep concentration? Read my article at Scientific American to see how our brain research on math expertise at ETH Zürich lead me to contemplate the question above.  scientificamerican.com/article/develo…

WiseMotion, which I founded in Feb 2018, is based on my PhD research in neuroscience of movement, dance and music, and updated with my latest brain research in learning sciences, rehabilitation and decision-making. Our new website is wisemotionco.com What do you think?

“Dance can bring joy to the dark moments of illness.” The November issue of the Finnish Medical Journal, which is the national peer-reviewed journal for medical doctors Suomen Lääkäriliitto, is specialized in Arts & Health. Read my review article in Finnish: wisemotionco.com/press-research…