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     How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins

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     Art, Music, and the Brain: Benefits of Musical Training

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     How Music Can Keep Your Brain Healthy

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2. www.bbc.com › news › health-68105868Playing a musical instrument good for brain health in later ...

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   The study found playing keyboard instruments was particularly beneficial for brain health. Playing a musical instrument or singing could help keep the brain healthy in older age, UK researchers ...

3. www.medicalnewstoday.com › articles › playing-anPlaying an instrument, singing may help preserve brain health

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   Feb 2, 2024 · Musical ability may help keep the brain healthy The authors of the study found that adults who play an instrument are more likely to have a stronger working memory and executive function.

4. www.pennmedicine.org › news › news-blogPlaying an Instrument: Better for Your Brain than Just Listening

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   Jan 30, 2017 · “Recent studies suggest that music may be a uniquely good form of exercising your brain,” he said. “Fun can also be good for you.” And the best news: While learning to play an instrument as a child provides life-long benefits to the brain, taking music lessons in your 60s – or older – can boost your brain’s health as well, helping to decrease loss of memory and cognitive function.

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   Jan 31, 2024 · Playing an Instrument or Singing May Help You Keep Your Mind Sharp. Musically inclined people over 40 may do better on cognitive tests, a new study suggests. Band geeks and choir kids now have a ...

6. www.health.harvard.edu › blog › why-is-music-goodWhy is music good for the brain? - Harvard Health

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   Oct 7, 2020 · Music activates just about all of the brain. Music has been shown to activate some of the broadest and most diverse networks of the brain. Of course, music activates the auditory cortex in the temporal lobes close to your ears, but that’s just the beginning. The parts of the brain involved in emotion are not only activated during emotional ...

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7. www.aarp.org › health › brain-healthBrain Health Benefits of Learning an Instrument - AARP

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   Nov 22, 2023 · A growing body of research, including a report published by AARP, shows that learning an instrument later in life is associated with improved attention, thinking skills and mental health. One study, published in 2023 in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, found that learning a musical instrument can improve verbal memory, or the ...

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   Can playing a musical instrument help keep your brain healthy?

   • Playing a musical instrument or singing could help keep the brain healthy in older age, UK researchers suggest. Practising and reading music may help sustain good memory and the ability to solve complex tasks, their study says.

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   Can playing an instrument protect your brain as you age?

   • According to recent research, playing an instrument may help protect your brain health as you age. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy. Playing an instrument throughout your life can promote cognitive health in your later years, finds a new study.

   Playing an instrument, singing may help preserve brain health

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   What does a musician do for the brain?

   • The brain’s executive function – which plans and makes decisions – comes into play as a musician plays one part but keeps focus on what’s coming next. Couple that with the total sensory input – visual, auditory, emotional and all at the same time – and it becomes a total “workout” for the brain.

   Playing an Instrument: Better for Your Brain than Just Listening

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   Does playing a musical instrument make you a better person?

   • The authors of the study found that adults who play an instrument are more likely to have a stronger working memory and executive function. Singing in a choir was also associated with better executive function. A higher level of overall musical ability was linked to a stronger working memory.

   Playing an instrument, singing may help preserve brain health

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   Does playing music use your brain more than playing music?

   • “And I know nothing that uses your brain more than playing music.” Because playing an instrument requires reading, listening, movement, memory, even emotion, all of the areas of the brain responsible for those processes spring into action — from the frontal lobe to the cerebellum and several regions in between.

   Brain Health Benefits of Learning an Instrument - AARP

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9. www.deseret.com › 2024/1/29 › 24054597How playing an instrument improves brain health - Deseret News

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   Jan 30, 2024 · Playing the piano or keyboard appeared to be of most value for brain cognition. Brass and woodwind instruments were good for brain cognition (but not better than the piano). Simply listening to music did not help cognitive health. Singing is shown to benefit brain cognition but it could be due to the social aspect of being in a choir.