Skip main navigation

Single Yellow Lines: is it science, is it art, or is it both?

Watch this video to learn about an example of an exploratory research project, Single Yellow Lines, where both science and art have been combined.

Watch this video to learn about an example of an exploratory research project where both science and the arts have been combined at UCL’s Sensorimotor Lab in collaboration with Created Out of Mind.

One of the outcomes of this is that it is making us think about the language that we use when talking about the work. Fergus also explains how it is making us question what label we put on the findings – will it be science, or art, or will it simply be both.

Do you think that combining science with arts-based practices could prove useful in helping us to understand the experience of living with dementia? In the next step you will learn about another research project which combines both disciplines.

This article is from the free online

Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives

Created by
FutureLearn - Learning For Life

Reach your personal and professional goals

Unlock access to hundreds of expert online courses and degrees from top universities and educators to gain accredited qualifications and professional CV-building certificates.

Join over 18 million learners to launch, switch or build upon your career, all at your own pace, across a wide range of topic areas.

Start Learning now