How the Arts Transform Our Health

Artistic practice has remarkable effects on our health and wellbeing - from cradle to grave. It improves the functioning of all major organ systems in the body and even helps us live longer.

This is not sensationalism, but science: the findings of decades of research using data from neuroimaging, molecular biomarkers, wearable sensors, cognitive assessments and electronic patient records. Based on this research, Daisy Fancourt argues that the arts are the forgotten pillar of health.