Arthur Shimamura
ARTHUR SHIMAMURA is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focussed on the biology of human learning and memory. In 2008, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to explore links between art, mind, and brain. Shimamura now lives on O‘ahu where he spends his time writing .... more
ARTHUR SHIMAMURA is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focussed on the biology of human learning and memory. In 2008, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to explore links between art, mind, and brain. Shimamura now lives on O‘ahu where he spends his time writing about brain health, long-life learning, and art. His other books include Get SMART! Five Steps Toward a Healthy Brain, Experiencing Art: In the Brain of the Beholder, and In the Mind’s Eye, a collection of his landscape, close-up, and abstract photography.
