Images of the human brain aren’t just educational – they’re artistic.

Psychology professor Marjorie Taylor has found her niche in something she calls “brain art”; MRI images of the human brain provide her with the inspiration to create rugs, beadwork and other forms of fabric art. Taylor also has more than a little fashion sense – she designs “unusual clothes,” she said, that are regularly modeled on runways in Eugene.

Creativity comes easily for Taylor. Her research is on the development of imagination and creativity, including studies of children who invent pretend friends and adult fiction writers who develop relationships with the characters in their novels.

In the latest “A couple minutes with …” video, Taylor discusses her art, why she does it and the reactions it generates.

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- by Matt Cooper, UO Office of Strategic Communications