Playing Music May Slow Brain Ageing and Preserve Cognitive Skills
TL;DR
Research shows that long-term musical training helps older adults maintain youthful brain connectivity patterns and improves speech perception in noisy environments, supporting the idea that musical activity builds cognitive reserve and mitigates age-related cognitive decline.
Topics:healthhealth-and-science#aging#brain-connectivity#cognitive-reserve#health-and-science#musical-training#speech-perception
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