🎭 Culture May 27, 2026 · Isa Farfan

Engaging With Art Can Slow Aging, Study Claims

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Engaging With Art Can Slow Aging, Study Claims
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Taking photographs, perusing cultural heritage sites, and visiting art museums could slow aging, according to a new study published earlier this month in the journal Innovation in Aging.Led by psychobiologist and epidemiologist Daisy Fancourt and a group of researchers at University College London, the study claims to provide the first-ever evidence that engaging with arts and culture can decelerate biological aging or even have anti-aging effects. "These findings contribute to growing

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