Music, the Arts and Creativity help Maintain Brain and General Health
•National Endowment of the Arts study – Gene Cohen MD
•Creative arts produced HUGE positive Physical health effects. (Chorus, Theatre, Visual Arts)
–Social engagement aspects
multiplied health effects
•Learning to play a musical instrument enhances cognitive health broadly in older adults – Patrick Massey, MD, Wisconsin
•Dance movement, art and music therapies elevate mood, improve quality of life (DMT: Emerson Lombardo’94)
Creative Expression Improves Health even for people with AD-
•Dancing, t’ai chi, chi gong, other mind/body exercise.
•Artistic expression in multiple media.
•Art critiques & discussions (trips to museums) e.g MOMA in NYC
–(John Zeisel! and others),
•Art-Reach in Philadelphia,
•Boston MFA and now elsewhere in USA.