Good for the heart, good for the soul: the creative arts and brain health in later life
- Authors:
- PATTERSON Michael P., PERLSTEIN Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 35(2), Summer 2011, pp.27-36.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
This article reviews the work on creativity in late life and evidence that participation in arts programmes improves cognitive performance. It also explores speculative ideas about the evolution of the creative brain, and how the human brain supports creative activity and certain types of creative challenges that may foster repair and growth of brain structures and their attendant behaviours.
- Subject terms:
- arts, dementia;
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