Study shows how music can prevent cognitive decline
Progressive cognitive decline is associated with normal ageing
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Progressive cognitive decline is associated with normal ageing
A study led by European universities revealed that music practice and active listening could prevent working memory decline. Such activities promoted brain plasticity, and they were associated with grey matter volume increase.
The study finds that both listening and learning to play music could prevent a decline in brain health.
Normal ageing is associated with progressive cognitive decline
Normal aging is associated with progressive cognitive decline. But can we train our brain to delay this process? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), HES-SO Geneva and EPFL has discovered that practicing and listening to music can alter cognitive decline in healthy seniors by stimulating the production of grey matter.