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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Aging Research

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  • Music-making is a popular activity with known effects on brain development.
  • It shows potential as a therapy for brain dysfunction.
  • The impact of lifelong music engagement on brain aging is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the potential age-protecting effects of music-making on the brain.
  • To compare brain aging across professional musicians, amateur musicians, and non-musicians.

Main Methods:

  • Used anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from three matched groups.
  • Calculated BrainAGE scores (discrepancy between chronological and brain age) for each subject.
  • Estimated brain age using a machine-learning algorithm trained on anatomical aging correlates.

Main Results:

  • Musicians, in general, exhibited lower BrainAGE scores than non-musicians.
  • Amateur musicians displayed the lowest BrainAGE scores, indicating an age-decelerating effect.
  • Professional musicians showed a positive correlation between BrainAGE and years of practice, unlike amateurs.

Conclusions:

  • Music-making appears to have an age-decelerating effect on the brain.
  • Amateur music engagement may offer greater brain-age benefits than professional engagement.
  • High-intensity professional music-making might have diminishing returns due to potential stress or environmental factors.