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Playing Musical Instruments May Slow Cognitive Aging, Study Finds

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Playing Musical Instruments May Slow Cognitive Aging, Study Finds
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A neuroimaging study suggests that long-term musical training helps older adults maintain youthful brain connectivity patterns, which may protect against age-related decline in speech understanding in noisy environments, supporting the idea that engaging in music can build cognitive reserve and promote brain health with age.

Topics:healthscience#brain-connectivity#cognitive-aging#musical-training#neuroimaging#science#speech-perception
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  1. Playing an Instrument Could Protect Against Cognitive Aging, Study Reveals  SciTechDaily
  2. “The brains of older musicians stay finely tuned thanks to years of training”: Scientists say long-term musical training helps stop age-related decline – so keep on playing your guitar  Guitar World
  3. Learning music could reverse brain ageing (even if you're already old), say scientists  BBC Science Focus Magazine
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