Vladimir Mashkov, head of the Union of Theater Workers in the Russian Federation, announced that engaging in creative activities may help slow down the biological aging of the body.
“I will cite the results of a 15-year study,” Mashkov said during a speech at the St. Petersburg International Forum of United Cultures . “It examined the impact of amateur creative activities on more than 3,000 adults of different ages and concluded that weekly creative activities of any kind—drawing, singing, dancing, or theatrical production—slow down biological aging by at least 1% over one calendar year.”
He also cited another study involving more than 300 people, including theater artists and students from the Oleg Tabakov Theater School in Moscow, as well as individuals from other professions and students from non-creative universities, selected according to gender and age. The study found that the hippocampus in artists decreases at a slower pace, and remains 10-11% larger.
He added: “It was observed that 95% of artists and more than 30% of the control group who engage in mental work have a larger hippocampus than those in other professions, indicating greater activity of nerve cells and neural connections for the cognitive reserve that compensates for the decline in mental abilities with age.”
The St. Petersburg International Forum of United Cultures will be held in St. Petersburg from September 24 to 26. It is organized in 2026 by the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the Russian government, the Russian Ministry of Culture, and the St. Petersburg administration, while TASS is the main media partner for the forum.
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