Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42105182›Full record

ReviewAging clinical and experimental research2026

The sound of longevity: music and technology for healthy ageing.

Fiona Ecarnot, Elvira Brattico, Antonio Camurri, Andrea Cera, Simone Dalla Bella, Massimo Grassi, Stefan Koelsch, Wanda Morganti, Alois Saller, Cornel Sieber and 4 more

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Fiona EcarnotDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital Besançon, 3-8 Boulevard Fleming, Besançon, 25000, France. fiona.ecarnot@umlp.fr.
Elvira BratticoCenter for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, & Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg, Aarhus, Denmark.
Antonio CamurriInfoMus -Casa Paganini Research Centre, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Andrea CeraIRCAM / InfoMus-Casa Paganini Research Centre, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Simone Dalla BellaInternational Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Massimo GrassiDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Stefan KoelschDepartment of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, 5020, Norway.
Wanda MorgantiGeriatrics Unit, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, E.O. Galliera Hospitals, Genoa, Italy.
Alois SallerDepartment of Medicine, Sant'Antonio Hospital, Padua, Italy.
Cornel SieberInstitute for Biomedicine of Ageing (IBA), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Fiorella TonelloNeuroscience Institute, CNR of Italy, Viale G. Colombo 3, Padua, 35131, Italy.
Peter VuustCenter for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, & Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg, Aarhus, Denmark.
Stefania MaggiNeuroscience Institute, CNR of Italy, Viale G. Colombo 3, Padua, 35131, Italy.
Alberto PilottoResearch, Development and Scientific Coordination Unit, E.O. Galliera Hospitals, Genoa, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing body of research is focusing on how music, technology, and neuroscience can converge to promote healthy ageing and counteract pathological decline. In particular, music interventions for older adults have been garnering increasing attention, with numerous reports showing positive effects of music on various health outcomes, including psychological well-being, cognitive function, physiological responses, quality of life, and overall well-being. In this context, the European Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing (EICA) in collaboration with the "Age-It" project (Ageing well in an Ageing Society), specifically, the work package 1 of Spoke 8, run by the University of Bari, and the "RAISE" project (Robotic and Artificial Intelligence for Socio-economic Empowerment) run by the E.O. Galliera Hospitals, Genoa, Italy, convened a 2-day meeting in June 2025 to review the state of the evidence on the relationship between music and health. Speakers were tasked with exploring how music, neuroscience, technology, and environmental design contribute to understanding ageing and to developing interventions that support healthy ageing. This report presents the Executive Summary of the proceedings of this meeting.

Indexed as

Healthy AgingLongevityMusicAgingHumansQuality of Lifehealthy ageinglongevitymusicmusic interventionssoundscapetechnology

Identifiers

PMID42105182
PMCPMC13357496

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.