{"id":34524,"date":"2022-10-07T15:44:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34524"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:44:53","slug":"arts-culture-and-the-brain-report-from-the-arts-council-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34524","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Arts, Culture and the Brain\u2019 report from the Arts Council England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34525\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ArtsCouncilReport_071022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" \/>The Arts Council England commissioned UCL\u2019s Social Biobehavioural Research Group to investigate the impacts of creativity and culture on the brain and the report findings provide a strong evidence base for social prescribing programmes.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 Engaging in creativity and culture is linked to positive wellbeing\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The Arts Council England writes:<\/p>\n<p>We commissioned UCL\u2019s Social Biobehavioural Research Group to investigate the impacts of creativity and culture on the brain\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The report offers extensive evidence that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engaging in creativity and culture is linked to positive wellbeing, feeling connected, and motivation in people across a range of ages and locations.<\/li>\n<li>The mental wellbeing of people in highly deprived areas can benefit more from taking part in creative and cultural activities.<\/li>\n<li>By engaging with creativity and culture, relationships between parents and their children can be strengthened, while children can be more ready to start school, especially if they&#8217;re less economically advantaged.<\/li>\n<li>Taking part in creative activities can help reduce a range of \u2018negative\u2019 behaviours in teenagers, including criminal behaviour and substance use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report\u2019s findings provide a strong evidence base for social prescribing programmes like our Thriving Communities Fund&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Subtitle: A literature review and new epidemiological analyses<\/p>\n<p>Date: 18 August 2022<\/p>\n<p>Author: Bone JK &amp; Fancourt D. 2022. Arts Culture &amp; the Brain: A literature review and new epidemiological analyses. London: Arts Council England.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artscouncil.org.uk\/publication\/arts-culture-brain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more and download the report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arts Council England commissioned UCL\u2019s Social Biobehavioural Research Group to investigate the impacts of creativity and culture on the brain and the report findings provide a strong evidence base for social prescribing programmes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34526,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34524\/revisions\/34526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}