Playing a musical instrument is associated with slower cognitive decline in community-dwelling older adults - Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (opens in new tab)

Elucidating behavioral protective factors for cognitive decline and dementia can have a far-reaching impact. To describe the association of present and past musical instrument playing with cognitive function in cognitively intact older adults. A post hoc observational analysis of the Zurich Disability Prevention Trial. Past and present musical instrument playing was correlated with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and EuroQol-Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS) using linear regression at basel...