New Study: Viewing Art In Galleries 'Immediately' Reduces Cortisol Levels, Boosts Health
New Study: Viewing Art In Galleries 'Immediately' Reduces Cortisol Levels, Boosts Health
New Study: Viewing Art In Galleries 'Immediately' Reduces Cortisol Levels, Boosts Health A new study out of King’s College London is giving people more of a reason than ever to plan a museum date. Researchers from the university’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience worked with the Art Fund and Psychiatry Research Trust to study the physiological responses of individuals while they viewed masterpieces by world-renowned artists. Half of the participants, which included 50 volunteers, aged 18 to 40, viewed pieces by Manet, Van Gogh, and Gauguin in The Courtauld Gallery in London. The control group, on the other hand, looked at reproductions of the same artworks in a non-gallery environment. All of the participants’ heart rate variability and skin temperatures were measured with sensors throughout the 20-minute art-viewing sessions, and saliva samples were also taken before and after viewing. Study participants in the Courtauld Gallery in London. Photo courtesy of…