Want to Jazz Up Your Aging Brain? Here’s How!
Seniors who learn to play a musical instrument benefit from increased memory, cognitive abilities, dexterity and balance that can stop or slow the aging process.
Seniors who learn to play a musical instrument benefit from increased memory, cognitive abilities, dexterity and balance that can stop or slow the aging process.
Research presented by Certified Gerontologist Lysa Rohan, showing the how music and exercise together can improve motor skills, creativity, memory and verbal fluency.
Brain aging research uncovers the connection between music, posture, equilibrium, and having a strong balance can improve walking through gait balance training in Seniors.
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When music is combined with aerobic exercise, known as Movement Therapy, it stimulates the hippocampus, improves memory, motor function, language and emotions.
Active Aging research shows dancing reduces risk of dementia and improves the hippocampus, telomeres, dexterity, memory, balance, organ function and muscle growth.
Active seniors who regularly achieve 60% MHR for 45 min. through aerobic exercise improve their Telomeres, memory retention, and reduce risk of dementia and Alzheimers.