About
The late Gene D. Cohen, MD, PhD, founded the GW Center for Aging, Health and Humanities in 1994 and served as its director as well as held professional positions in Health Care Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. His Creativity and Aging Study looked at the impact of professionally conducted cultural programs on the physical health, mental health, and social functioning of older adults. It was the first controlled study to look at the impact of tapping into creative potential apart from treating problems to promote health with aging.
Resources
- Creative Potential, Psychological Growth and Positive Brain Changes With Aging
- Research on Creativity and Aging: the Positive Impact of the Arts on Health and Illness
- The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life
- The Creativity and Aging Study: the Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs – Final Report
- The Creativity and Aging Study: The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on Older Adults
- The Creativity and Aging Study: the Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on Older Adults Final Report (April 2006)
- The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on the Physical Health, Mental Health, and Social Functioning of Older Adults.
- The Mature Mind: the Positive Power of the Aging Brain
- The Mature Mind: the Positive Power of the Aging Brain
- Uniting the Heart and Mind: Human Development in the Second Half of Life
Affiliations
- The George Washington University