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  • Human Flourishing and the Arts in Unprecedented Times: Part II

    In this two-part series, we explore the burgeoning field of human flourishing (or simply “flourishing”), and its real-world arts- and aesthetics-based applications for bettering our physical and mental well-being.  If […]

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  • Leading Through the Arts: A Report From a Global Symposium on Arts for Brain Health

    Written by Glenna Batson, Somatics teacher for the dance program at Peabody Institute. “Movement is the language of the brain.” – Moshe Feldenkrais What is embodiment? This question loomed in […]

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  • How Improvisational Movement and Dance Affect the Brain: A Q&A With Wake Forest Researchers Christina Hugenschmidt, PhD, and Christina Soriano

    A diverse group of participants take part in an Improvment dance experience

    New research shows great potential for improvisational movement to help older adults and individuals with perceived memory loss and neurodegeneration; benefits include improved balance, improved balance confidence, and improved mood. […]

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  • Human Flourishing in Unprecedented Times: Part I

    In this two-part series, we explore the burgeoning field of human flourishing (or simply “flourishing”), and its real-world applications for bettering our physical and mental well-being. In the last few […]

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  • How “Arts on Prescription” Could Change the Course of Healthcare: Q&A With IAM Lab’s Director of Research, Tasha Golden, PhD

    In this interview, Dr. Tasha Golden, Director of Research at the IAM Lab, discusses social prescribing, evaluating the nation’s first arts on prescription program “CultureRx”, and sharing what needs to […]

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  • In Rhythm With Nature: A Digital Wellbeing Experiment in Collaboration With Google Arts & Culture

    In Rhythm With Nature

    IAM Lab is proud to partner with Google Arts & Culture and Google’s Wellbeing Lab in a digital wellbeing experiment called “In Rhythm With Nature”, inspired by the flower clock […]

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  • Redesigning the Office to Support Brain Health

    With the pandemic stretching into a third year, employers are scrambling to reconfigure how and where work gets done, with more businesses returning to in-person following years of Zoom meetings […]

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  • Veterans Use Creative Forces to Heal Invisible Wounds of War

    On Aug. 30, 2021, the United States officially withdrew forces from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war. The two decades of continuous conflict resulted in the deaths of more than 2,400 […]

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  • Boosting Vaccine Confidence With the Arts

    The rapid development of safe and effective vaccines against the novel coronavirus is a remarkable feat of scientific achievement. And it’s our best shot for getting through a global pandemic. […]

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  • Sound Health Network Launches to Advance Music and Health Research

    A growing chorus of scientists, researchers, musicians, clinicians, and patients interested in music and health now have a new network to help bring them together. On Tuesday, January 26, the […]

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