Everyone loves music. But there are also many benefits of learning to play an instrument. Give the lifelong gift of music to ...

Improvising music could help to improve older people's cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research ...

Learning a musical instrument, particularly through improvisation, could boost cognitive skills such as learning and memory ...

Music should be considered an easy, accessible way to maintain the brain, according to a study published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Scientists at the University of Exeter ...

A study by the University of Sheffield and the University of Western Sydney has shown that improvising to music can help ...

Experts say the more we challenge our brains as we age, the more resilient it becomes—and “learning a new instrument is a full-brain workout.” After the age of 40, the average brain decreases 5 ...

“We show that when writing by hand, brain connectivity patterns are far more elaborate than when typewriting on a keyboard,” writes Audrey van der Meer, a brain researcher at the Norwegian University ...

World-renowned neurologist and author of The Invincible Brain: The Clinically Proven Plan to Age-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp, Dr. Majid Fotuhi, MD, PhD, ...

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may ...