Training-induced cognitive and neural changes in musicians: implications for healthy aging

Hanna-Pladdy, Brenda; Menken, Miriam S.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-817422-7.00008-0

Music and the Aging Brain 2020

DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-817422-7.00008-0

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Training-induced cognitive and neural changes in musicians: implications for healthy aging

Brenda Hanna-Pladdy

Miriam S. Menken

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“…It is possible that musical instrument training from across the lifecourse, or during older age, contributes to these protective mechanisms. However, as highlighted in recent reviews of the literature (Chan & Alain, 2020; Hanna-Pladdy & Menken, 2020), due to a lack of longitudinal research with older adults, it is currently not possible to conclude whether musical instrument training is associated with reduced rates of age-related cognitive decline.…”

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Cognitive aging and experience of playing a musical instrument.

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Musical instrument training has been found to be associated with higher cognitive performance in older age. However, it is not clear whether this association reflects a reduced rate of cognitive decline in older age (differential preservation), and/or the persistence of cognitive advantages associated with childhood musical training (preserved differentiation). It is also unclear whether this association is consistent across different cognitive domains. Our sample included 420 participants from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Between ages 70 and 82, participants had completed the same 13 cognitive tests (every 3 years), measuring the cognitive domains of verbal ability, verbal memory, processing speed, and visuospatial ability. At age 82, participants reported their lifetime musical experiences; 40% had played a musical instrument, mostly in childhood and adolescence. In minimally adjusted models, participants with greater experience playing a musical instrument tended to perform better across each cognitive domain at age 70 and this association persisted at subsequent waves up to age 82. After controlling for additional covariates (childhood cognitive ability, years of education, socioeconomic status, and health variables), only associations with processing speed (β = 0.131, p = .044) and visuospatial ability (β = 0.154, p = .008) remained statistically significant. Participants with different amounts of experience playing a musical instrument showed similar rates of decline across each cognitive domain between ages 70 and 82. These results suggest a preserved differentiation effect: Cognitive advantages (in processing speed and visuospatial ability) associated with experience playing a musical instrument (mostly earlier in life) are preserved during older age.

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Cognitive aging and experience of playing a musical instrument.

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Deary

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Psychology and Aging

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Training-induced cognitive and neural changes in musicians: implications for healthy aging

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Cognitive aging and experience of playing a musical instrument.

Cognitive aging and experience of playing a musical instrument.

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