Research Supporting Creative Aging
BRAIN HEALTH FOR A SONG — AGING AND THE ARTS
New America Media | August 31, 2017
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CREATIVE HEALTH: THE ARTS FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (APPGAHW) | July 2017
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ACTIVE EXPERIENCING TRAINING IMPROVED EPISODIC MEMORY RECALL IN OLDER ADULTS
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience | May 2017
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WHOM DO ARTS BENEFIT MOST? OLDER ADULTS
Heidi Raschke | November 28, 2016
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COMPARISON OF WELL-BEING OF OLDER ADULT CHOIR SINGERS AND THE GENERAL POPULATION IN FINLAND: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY
Musicae Scientiae | April 2016
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PARTICIPATORY ARTS FOR OLDER ADULTS: A REVIEW OF BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
Noice T, Noice H, Kramer A, Gerontologist. (2014); 54(5):741-53. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt138. Epub 2013 Dec 11
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THE CREATIVITY AND AGING STUDY: THE IMPACT OF PROFESSIONALLY CONDUCTED CULTURAL PROGRAMS ON OLDER ADULTS
Final Report | 2006
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MAKING ART TIED TO FEWER COGNITIVE PROBLEMS IN OLD AGE
Pacific Standard | April 8, 2015
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AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS AND AGING
National Institute on Aging | 2013
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BRAIN THEATRE: A PSYCHOLOGIST AND AN ACTOR EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF ACTING CLASSES ON AGING
Elmhurst College, Student and Faculty Research
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THE ARTS AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: FRAMING A NATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA FOR THE ARTS, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND INDIVIDUAL WELL-BEING
2011
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THE EFFECTS OF CHORAL SINGING ON OLDER ADULTS
Julene K. Johnson, PhD, Institute for Health & Aging at University of California
San Francisco | 2013
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STUDY SAYS MAKING ART IS GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN, AND WE SAY YOU SHOULD LISTEN
2013
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CREATIVITY IN LATER LIFE
K.A. Price, A.M. Tinker, Maturitas 78 (2014) 281–286
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THE SUMMIT ON CREATIVITY AND AGING IN AMERICA
National Endowment for the Arts