Music even changes brain structure. Yet another experiment of piano lessons increased the amount of gray matter in older adults’ brains. And an international team recently concluded that music ...

Meanwhile, adults who both played music and listened to it regularly showed a 33% reduction in dementia risk and 22% lower risk of cognitive impairment. Frequent music listeners also performed better ...

While aging can be a life period characterized by vitality, happiness, and well-being, it is all too often also accompanied by a gradual decline in cognitive functions, which can cause significant ...

Lee Zimmerman Correspondent for The Daily Times Jul 29, 2025 Jul 29, 2025 Throughout history, music has always provided a common connection between people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds. That’s ...

Music therapy encompasses a range of interventions designed to improve cognitive function and alleviate psychological and behavioural symptoms in older adults with dementia. This intervention, which ...