Learning a musical instrument in your 70s could help protect memory
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A four-year longitudinal study found that older adults who continued practicing a musical instrument maintained memory performance and showed less age-related brain shrinkage compared to those who quit, with benefits concentrated in memory and learning regions.
This does not prove causation or that musical instrument learning is a cure for cognitive decline; it shows correlation in a specific study population over four years. Individual results may vary based on genetics, overall health, and other lifestyle factors.
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