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Acclaimed actress, playwright and professor Anna Deavere Smith and noted neuroscientist Eric Nestler, Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience, Director of the Friedman Brain Institute, and Dean for Academic Affairs at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Chief Scientific Officer of the

Dedicated to strengthening the essential role that the arts can play in advancing health and wellbeing, neuroarts has captured the attention of an expanding network of researchers, practitioners, arts groups, health providers, and other public sector and private sector organizations. We are honored

NeuroArts Blueprint: Advancing the Science of Arts, Health, and Wellbeing offers a set of bold, culture-changing steps to cultivate the emerging field of neuroarts—the study of how the arts and aesthetic experiences measurably change the brain, body, and behavior and how this knowledge can be used

Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the effects of the arts on health and well-being, alongside developments in practice and policy activities in different countries across the WHO European Region and further afield. This report synthesizes the global evidence

Human Capital and the Arts at the World Bank Group, developed by the World Bank, makes the case that health is a fundamental ingredient of human capital and that arts-informed economic interventions are a health-building tool. The paper profiles seven World Bank–funded initiatives, from Afghanistan

Alzheimer’s Disease and Music Engagement Economic Impact Analysis, an analysis undertaken by KPMG, estimates the economic impact of having people with Alzheimer’s disease engage with music. Based on its modeling assumptions, KPMG calculated a potential contribution of $830 million to

NeuroArts Today: The State of an Emerging Field is a point-in-time snapshot of neuroarts that documents the nature and degree of the work underway across disciplines and sectors in the United States and around the globe. Based on findings from extensive online database searches, reviews of

Findings from an Online Survey of Stakeholders, conducted by Lake Research Partners, captures insights from more than 300 researchers, healthcare practitioners, artists and cultural influencers, health policy experts, and voices from philanthropy, technology, and business, all representing diverse