Amy Ione is the Director of The Diatrope Institute, an organization for the dissemination of interdisciplinary information. She is a writer, artist, and educator, and has studied the extensive linkages between art and neuroscience for over thirty years. She has published several books, including Innovation and Visualization: Trajectories, Strategies, and Myths; Art and the Brain: Plasticity, Embodiment and the Unclosed Circle; and Nature Exposed to Our Methods of Questioning. Neuroscience and Art: The Neurocultural Landscape is her sixth book. Amy had also published over 200 articles and book reviews on art, neuroscience, technology, and cultural issues. In addition, Amy Ione is a lifelong artist, with artwork commissioned by the City of San Francisco, exhibited internationally, and found in many collections.