Corinne Fischer<\/a>, lead author,\u00a0associate professor in the department of psychiatry in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.<\/p>\n\u201cExisting treatments for Alzheimer\u2019s disease have shown limited benefit to date. While larger controlled studies are required to confirm clinical benefits, our findings show that an individualised and home-based approach to music-listening may be beneficial and have lasting effects on the brain.\u201d<\/p>\n
With new music, the particpants\u2019 brain activity was largely confined to the auditory cortex. But with long-known music the activity fired in the prefrontal cortex \u2013 a sign of cognitive engagement.<\/p>\n
There was also a subtle difference in the brains of those that played instruments and those that didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether you\u2019re a lifelong musician or have never even played an instrument, music is an access key to your memory, your pre-frontal cortex,\u201d said Thaut. \u201cIt\u2019s simple:\u00a0keep listening to the music that you\u2019ve loved all your life. Your all-time favourite songs, those pieces that are especially meaningful to you. Make that your brain gym.\u201d<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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