Musical activity throughout life may serve as a challenging cognitive exercise, making your brain fitter and more capable of accommodating the challenges of aging. Since studying an instrument requires years of practice and learning, it may create alternate connections in the brain that could compensate for cognitive declines as we get older. - Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, neurologist at the Emory University School of Medicine
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:10:25 +0000