ReviewAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Music Engagement as a Source of Cognitive Reserve.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Potential benefits of music-based therapies on rehabilitation outcomes in people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2026Pooled it
- Functional Neural Architecture of Working Memory in Musicians: An ALE Meta-Analysis and Review.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive sciencePooled it
- Music and Exercise in Concert: Uncovering Synergistic Mechanisms for Enhancing Brain Health and Cognitive Resilience-A Narrative Review.Brain and behavior · 2026Review
- Recitation Mode Is Associated With Salivary CREB and Cortisol Responses during Qur'anic Recitation.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Preserving music reward in age-related hearing loss through training and adaptation.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Cognitive Enhancement Through Music Education: Affective Pathways to Executive Function Improvement in Musicians.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- GWAS of Active Music Engagement Frequency in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.Research square · 2026Article
- Can neurologic music therapy make the difference when using immersive virtual reality in Parkinson disease motor training? Promising findings from a secondary analysis.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- Choir Singing and Music Appreciation Training Enhances Unaided Speech-in-Noise Perception and Frequency Following Responses for Older Adult Hearing Aid Users: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Seminars in hearing · 2025Review
- Singing for memory: neural and cognitive effects of a choral intervention in older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- The role of musical aspects of language in human cognition.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Music engagement is a ubiquitous activity that is thought to have cognitive benefits for the rapidly aging population. In the absence of robust treatment approaches for many age-related and neuropathological health issues, interest has emerged surrounding lifestyle-enriching activities, like exercise and music engagement, to build cognitive reserve across the lifespan and preserve neurocognitive function in older adults. The present review evaluates evidence of neurocognitive preservation arising from lifelong music engagement with respect to the cognitive reserve hypothesis. We collated a body of neuroimaging, behavioral and epidemiological evidence to adjudicate the benefits of music engagement for cognitive reserve. The findings suggest that music engagement should be considered in tandem with other well-established cognitive reserve proxies as a contributor to differential clinical outcomes in older populations at risk of age-related and neuropathological cognitive decline.
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