Posts Tagged ‘music-protects-the-brain’

In a recent post we saw that music may help peo­ple with demen­tia learn new facts. This arti­cle explores anoth­er rela­tion­ship between music and demen­tia: play­ing a musi­cal instru­ment, even as an ama­teur, may pro­tect the brain lat­er on against demen­­tia-relat­ed dam­ages. Researchers had 70 peo­ple ages 60 to 83 per­form a vari­ety of tests…