Research on creativity and aging: The positive impact of the arts on health and illness

Generations

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-15

  Cohen, Gene D ^a,b  

^a Department of Healthcare Science ^*

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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