2023-04-17 10:25:40
Neuroimaging revealed: increase in gray matter in four regions of the brain involved in high-level cognitive functioning, in particular in areas of the cerebellum mobilized in working memory.
In addition, the quality of sleep, the number of classes taken and daily training had an impact on the degree of performance improvement.
However, a difference was observed between the two groups: the volume of gray matter remained stable in the right primary auditory cortex of the pianists, a region specialized in sound processing, while it decreased in the active listening group. .
And global process of atrophy nevertheless continued for all participants. “Musical interventions cannot therefore rejuvenate the brain but only slow down the aging of certain of its regions.“, specifies Damien Marie, first author of the study.
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