title: The emergence of artistic ability following traumatic brain injury.
abstract: In this study, the case of a patient who developed artistic ability following a traumatic brain injury is reported. The subject was a 49-year-old male who suffered brain injury at the age of 44 due to an accidental fall. At age 48, he began drawing with great enthusiasm and quickly developed a personal style with his own biomorphic iconography. At first, his drawing was restricted to realistic reproductions of photographs of buildings, but his style of drawing changed and became more personal and expressionistic over the following 6 months.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters , Chuo University , Tokyo 192-0393 , Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Midorikawa
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001154:Art; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: emergence of artistic ability; painting; painting style; temporal lobe; traumatic brain injury