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A Review of Arts and Aging Research: Revealing an Elusive but Promising Direction for the Era of the Third Age
via Humanities and the Arts, Journal of Aging | Research and Studies
Abstract: “This article examines arts and aging research over a 40-year period in four highly visible gerontology journals. We examine the content, amount, and distribution of research between 1970 and 2009, identifying dominant themes and …
After Watching This Your Brain Will Not Be Able to See
Videos
Boyd examines how individuals can take advantage of neuroplasticity to maintain their brains.
Ageing Artfully: Older People and Professional Participatory Arts in the UK
Toolkits
From the Toolkit: “The Baring Foundation sets out in this major report a picture of the situation that exists across all art forms — dance, music, drama, painting — as a way of engaging and …
Ageing Well: Can Dance and Art Keep the Mind and Body Young?
via BBC | Articles and Blog Posts
From the article: Proponents of the arts have long argued that creative therapy can help ageing patients. Now, scientists have begun investigating that claim.
Aging and Ageism: Mental Health Issues in the Wake of COVID-19
Videos
This lecture, by Professor William E. Haley of the University of South Florida School of Aging Studies, provides an excellent analysis of ageism, how it can affect the mental health of older adults, how it …
Aging and Gender in Literature
Books and Chapters
By adding consideration of age to that of race, gender, and class, this innovative volume seeks to show how growing older affects literary creativity and psychological development and to examine how individual writing careers begin …
Aging and the Intersection of Cognition, Motivation, and Emotion
Books and Chapters
From ScienceDirect: “This chapter aims to integrate the disparate domains of cognitive aging and socio-emotional aging from the perspective of a motivational theory of life-span development. A thorough understanding of how the human mind adapts …
Aging Artists on the Creativity of Their Old Age
via Creativity Research Journal | Articles and Blog Posts
Drawing on information collected from 88 graphic artists in their 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s, the investigators sought to learn about aging and its effect on their work. They concluded: “The perceived handicaps of aging largely …
Aging in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for Americans
via Health and Retirement Study of University of Michigan | Research and Studies
The Health and Retirement Study is now in its 25th year. With over 3,000 publications reporting on HRS data, this book aims to synthesize some of the research these remarkable data have yielded. The themes …
Aging, Creativity and Art: A Positive Perspective on Late Life Development
Books and Chapters
The research presented in Aging, Creativity and Art: A Positive Perspective on Late-Life Development suggests that creativity continues into the later years; higher-order mental abilities related to creativity, like imagination and problem-solving, persist until late …