> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Kelly Lambert > Reference:: Lambert, K. (2008). Lifting Depression: A Neuroscientist’s Hands on Approach to Activating your Brain’s healing power, Basic Books, New York, USA > Date:: 2008 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: [[Psychological value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft improves well-being]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > The tangible outcomes of craft activate regions of the brain that build resilience against negative thinking. Dr Kelly Lambert a behavioural neuroscientist notes that making an object with our hands helps to build a sense of accomplishment and control over the maker’s world because the tangible outcomes activate particular regions of the brain and so builds resilience against emotional emptiness and negative thinking.