Can Arts Improve Health? A critique and replies to commentaries

Online lecture and discussion with:

Lecture:
- Marcos Nadal, Department of Psychology, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Martin Skov, Center for Decision Neuroscience, Copenhagen Business School; Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Commentary:
- Valerie Oberleithner, Choreographer and Performer, Paris, France
- Lorraine Kalia, Department of Medicine, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This webinar offers a detailed and critical assessment of widespread claims that engaging with the arts – through activities such as music, dance, literature, or visual arts – has direct and measurable benefits for mental and physical health. The lecture is based on a recent and thought-provoking paper by Marcos Nadal and Martin Skov in "Physics of Life Reviews", which has attracted significant international attention and sparked lively debate.
This webinar is the first from the Webinar-Series organized by International Network for the Critical Appraisal in Arts and Health Research (INCAAHR). In cooperation with Institute for Open Arts, Mozarteum University Salzburg and Salzburg Institute for Arts in Medicine (SIAM).

In English

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The Salzburg series MUSIC & MEDICINE presents scientific and artistic contributions from leading international experts in various disciplines to explore the interactions and mechanisms between the experience, processing and psycho-physiological impact of music on humans and to understand how music may promote health and wellbeing.