{"id":182488,"date":"2024-02-11T11:22:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T17:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/playing-an-instrument-linked-to-better-brain-health-in-older-adults"},"modified":"2024-02-11T11:22:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T17:22:38","slug":"playing-an-instrument-linked-to-better-brain-health-in-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/playing-an-instrument-linked-to-better-brain-health-in-older-adults","title":{"rendered":"Playing an Instrument linked to better Brain Health in Older Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/playing-an-instrument-linked-to-better-brain-health-in-older-adults.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Engaging in music throughout your life is associated with better brain health in older age, according to a new study published by experts at the University of Exeter.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists working on PROTECT, an online study open to people aged 40 and over, reviewed data from more than a thousand adults over the age of 40 to see the effect of playing a musical instrument\u2014or singing in a choir\u2014on brain health. Over 25,000 people have signed up for the PROTECT study, which has been running for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>The team reviewed participants\u2019 musical experience and lifetime exposure to music, alongside results of cognitive testing, to determine whether musicality helps to keep the brain sharp in later life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engaging in music throughout your life is associated with better brain health in older age, according to a new study published by experts at the University of Exeter. Scientists working on PROTECT, an online study open to people aged 40 and over, reviewed data from more than a thousand adults over the age of 40 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1495,42,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-media-arts","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}