Ageing, Drama, and Creativity: Translating Research Into Practice

Reynolds, Jackie; Bernard, Miriam; Rezzano, Jill; Rickett, Michelle

doi:10.1080/02701960.2016.1152267

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“…To conclude, our results suggest that artistic practices can account for different individuals' aging trajectories (Raz and Kennedy, 2009), and that regular artistic practice could promote the constitution of cognitive and cerebral reserve (Stern, 2009;Stern et al, 2018). Therefore, promoting access to artistic practice could help people maintaining or even improving their cognition, besides the obvious and well-documented interest such activities have on socialization (Belgrave, 2011); well-being (Noice et al, 2004;Castora-Binkley et al, 2010) and developing creativity (Salimpoor and Zatorre, 2013;Reynolds et al, 2016). In line with the evidence reviewed by Sutcliffe et al (2020) on music training and cognition on aging, our study suggests that musical or theatrical practices, even started late in life, could have an effect on cognitive decline.…”

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confidence: 65%

Do Musicians Have Better Mnemonic and Executive Performance Than Actors? Influence of Regular Musical or Theater Practice in Adults and in the Elderly

Groussard

Coppalle

Hinault

et al. 2020

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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The effects of musical practice on cognition are well established yet rarely compared with other kinds of artistic training or expertise. This study aims to compare the possible effect of musical and theater regular practice on cognition across the lifespan. Both of these artistic activities require many hours of individual or collective training in order to reach an advanced level. This process requires the interaction between higher-order cognitive functions and several sensory modalities (auditory, verbal, visual and motor), as well as regular learning of new pieces. This study included participants with musical or theater practice, and healthy controls matched for age (18-84 years old) and education. The objective was to determine whether specific practice in these activities had an effect on cognition across the lifespan, and a protective influence against undesirable cognitive outcomes associated with aging. All participants underwent a battery of cognitive tasks that evaluated processing speed, executive function, fluency, working memory, verbal and visual long-term memories, and non-verbal reasoning abilities. Results showed that music and theater artistic practices were strongly associated with cognitive enhancements. Participants with musical practice were better in executive functioning, working memory and non-verbal reasoning, whereas participants with regular acting practice had better long-term verbal memory and fluency performance. Thus, taken together, results suggest a differential effect of these artistic practices on cognition across the lifespan. Advanced age did not seem to reduce the benefit, so future studies should focus on the hypothetical protective effects of artistic practice against cognitive decline.

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Do Musicians Have Better Mnemonic and Executive Performance Than Actors? Influence of Regular Musical or Theater Practice in Adults and in the Elderly

Groussard

Coppalle

Hinault

et al. 2020

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…Reynolds et al 7 suggest that engagement in creative activities can aid the adjustment from working to retirement status by giving meaning and hope, opportunities for social interaction and a vehicle for expression of emotions. While this period of significant life transition can trigger depression and feelings of social isolation, proactive involvement in creative arts can help to counteract that negativity and promote wellbeing.…”

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Creativity in retirement: psychosocial experiences of recently retired people participating in a creative arts project

Burns

Oliver

Karkou

2020

Perspect Public Health

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Aims: A growing body of research literature features the provision of arts experiences for the older person but less attention has been given to those who are in the early years of retirement. This qualitative study aims to contribute to the existing field through exploring the contribution that creativity, in the form of active participation in the arts, can make upon the older person’s transition to retirement. Methods: A total of 15 recently retired people in a Scottish town were invited to participate in a qualitative project which explored, using the creative arts, the participants’ psychological and social experiences during this period of transition. The emphasis was on participants’ active, rather than passive, involvement in different art modalities. An action research methodology was adopted, involving a circular flexible design. Qualitative information was generated through focus groups, participant observations and group discussions with participants attending arts workshops. Participants were also invited to record their thoughts and observations anonymously in written form. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Two co-researchers, who were recently retired people from outside the community, took part as participant observers. Results: Key findings indicated that the need to feel challenged and stimulated was paramount for feelings of wellbeing. The feeling of belonging to a community was considered important and could be derived from creative arts activities. Psychological and social benefits of arts participation were derived from active participation, primarily in creating original work. Conclusion: Participants had disparate experience of arts but were united in their search for creative fulfilment. Implications for appropriate provision were considered.

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“…Although this focus of research is an interesting, broad topic of study, other artistic disciplines such as photography, theatre, dance or literature are underrepresented. Reynolds et al ( 2016 ) noticed this gap and the lack of literature on theatre and drama participation by older adults. In addition, more than a fifth of the papers in our study focused on two or more artistic disciplines.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Older adults’ participation in artistic activities: a scoping review

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This scoping review analyses existing literature on older adults’ participation in artistic activities. It identifies gaps in this research topic and suggests new directions for research. We followed the five-step process defined by Arksey and O’Malley (2005) and extended by Levac et al. (2010). Four electronic databases were searched, and 129 peer-reviewed articles were included in the scoping review. Research into older adults’ participation in artistic activities has grown in the last ten years. However, empirical papers tend to focus on the outcomes of older people’s participation in artistic activities, in particular the benefits. Most papers centred on facilitators to examine the antecedents of this type of participation among people in late life. Research about experiences, potentially negative consequences or barriers to older adults’ participation in artistic activities have been largely overlooked. We identified several gaps in the literature, which we classified as: related to the artistic activities that were considered; the potential costs and barriers for older adults’ participation in artistic activities; older adults’ voices and their diversity; the life course perspective; and a contextual view of research on the topic. These gaps suggest challenges that future research on older adults’ participation in artistic activities should consider.

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Ageing, Drama, and Creativity: Translating Research Into Practice

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Do Musicians Have Better Mnemonic and Executive Performance Than Actors? Influence of Regular Musical or Theater Practice in Adults and in the Elderly

Do Musicians Have Better Mnemonic and Executive Performance Than Actors? Influence of Regular Musical or Theater Practice in Adults and in the Elderly

Creativity in retirement: psychosocial experiences of recently retired people participating in a creative arts project

Older adults’ participation in artistic activities: a scoping review

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