A newly published review in Nature Reviews Psychology brings together interdisciplinary research to map the mechanisms through which arts engagement supports mental health. Rather than offering a single explanation, the authors identify around 50 interacting mechanisms across emotional, cognitive, biological, social and behavioural domains. They are understood as interconnected, co-occurring, and context-dependent. … Read More
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Neo-sensorialism
Neo-sensorialism (noun)
The arts-based practice of engaging the senses as primary modes of witnessing, being in relationship with the world, and creatively responding to experience in the present moment.
The term Neo-sensorialism was introduced by Dr Carla van Laar (2026) to describe creative practices that cultivate sensory awareness, relational engagement and creative response as integrated ways of knowing.
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Creative-worldview
Creative-worldview describes a perspective in which sensory, relational and imaginative ways of knowing are recognised as essential to how humans understand and participate in the world. Creative-worldview recognises the core capacities sense – relate – create as foundational to how humans shape perception, meaning-making and cultural life. … Read More