Evaluating guided viewing strategies to enhance well-being effects of art viewing: a three-arm randomised controlled trial
MacKenzie D. Trupp, Shiqi Yin, Robyn Landau, Katherine Templar Lewis, Aleksandra Igdalova, Corinna Kühnapfel, Giacomo Bignardi, Lawrence Chiles, Joerg Fingerhut, Rebecca Chamberlain, Matthew Pelowski · 2026
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MacKenzie D Trupp leads a 2026 trial asking whether guided viewing can raise the well-being gains of looking at art. Art visits link to better mood and mental health, yet gains vary by person and setting. The team tested two short videos at the National Gallery in London.
One video taught slow, style-focused looking, while the other led a mindful breathing exercise before viewing. In the main study 281 visitors were assigned to a video or a standard visit, with a small lab follow-up of 33 people. Well-being rose after gallery visits in all groups. Neither video clearly beat a plain visit, though guided viewing lifted positive mood more than the breathing video, and first-time visitors seemed to gain most.
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| CREATOR | MacKenzie D. Trupp, Shiqi Yin, Robyn Landau, Katherine Templar Lewis, Aleksandra Igdalova, Corinna Kühnapfel, Giacomo Bignardi, Lawrence Chiles, Joerg Fingerhut, Rebecca Chamberlain, Matthew Pelowski |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 76349 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |