Older adults who regularly listen to or play music may significantly lower their risk of dementia, according to a study of ...

A new study provides evidence that older adults who frequently engage with music may have a significantly lower risk of ...

Listening to music when you are over 70 years of age has been linked to a 39% reduction in the risk of dementia, according to ...

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It’s no accident that people remember certain events in their lives because of music. Yiren Ren, a psychology researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology, and others published a new study that ...

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In 2020 an incredible video went viral. It featured a former ballet dancer named Marta Cinta González Saldaña, suffering from severe Alzheimer’s disease in her senior years. In the video, Saldaña ...

The viral phrase “touch grass” may be more than internet humor—science shows that engaging with nature and music can ...

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