By Barbara Bronson Gray
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Aug. 2 HealthDay News)--have said that music is reassuring the savage Beast, but if you're the one playing the document can be beneficial to your brain.
A growing body of evidence suggests that learning the game of the instrument and to maintain in practice and play it may offer mental benefits throughout life. The hearing also showed concern positively making music.
The latest study, published in July in the borders of human Neurology, shows that musical instrument training may reduce effects of mental decline associated with aging. Studies show that older adults who learned music in childhood and continue to play an instrument for at least 10 years of vulnerability in the memory and other cognitive tests.
The band also revealed that while advanced age Alives may increase the ability of thinking, the neutralisation of any adverse effects of age and even a lack of education. It is not clear, however, whether starting from instrument to adulthood provides any benefits of the mental.
"Behavior, you can change your brain," said study Author Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, assistant professor of Neurology, radiology and Imaging Science at Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Study confirms findings from previous studies and refines the nieopublikowanawDzienniku April 2011 Neuropsychology.
In childhood when the brain is still developing, it seems that learning and continue to play a musical instrument for at least a decade or more can land for the benefit of later in life, Hanna-Pladdy said. But it is also a valuable then lift the instrument in the medium age and start playing again, she noted.
In this test 70 musicians and musicians, at the age of 59-80 were assessed by the neuropsychological tests and test activities, General lifestyle. Musicians scored higher mental acuity tests visual spatial, verbal memory, judgment and appeal and dexterity of motor vehicles.
Hanna-Pladdy, flautist, he studies the impact of music education through its research with brain disorders of movement of skilled persons, such as those who suffered a stroke. She realized that music could be a natural way to offer multi-sensory stimulation, effective way of treatment of such disorders. Became then wishing to learn more about the actual effect of musical training on the brain.
Why study music education in contrast to calculus or history? One of the reasons is that, since most people can, in particular, the determination of the number of years he studied the instrument is relatively easy to assess the impact of music education, Hanna-Pladdy said. The term is also simpler than the music playback time devoted to other activities, such as crosses, reading or games. "Musical activities requires years of practice and is difficult to perform cognitive," she said.
Cheryl Grady, senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Centre, in Toronto, said the study confirms what has been known for some time: education can help protect against cognitive decline in older adults.
Grady has indicated that it is not entirely clear what actually is the cause of beneficial effect. "I still don't know what actually happens is that many in the brain. My hunch is that those results, has further exercises, brain stimulation, "she said.
The impact of learning a second language is a graduate from the brain, who said Grady is associated with the need to inhibit the system while speaking one language, reading or thinking in the second. Mental process required to play a musical instrument can operate in the same way as of juggling the dual languages to increase connections in your brain, it noted.
Defining Motto for something simple: "use them or lose them to lose less quickly," Grady said.
During the test, found an association between activity of music and staying mentally sharp, not to prove a causal link.
Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. SOURCE: Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, Ph.d., Assistant Professor, Neurology, radiology and imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta; Cheryl Grady, Ph.d., senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, Toronto; July 2012 frontiers in human Neurology
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