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A group of older people are going to learn keyboard, take part in choral singing, or watch music-related films for a new clinical trial aiming to establish whether making music can reduce cognitive decline in older adults with memory difficulties.
Despite many reviews exploring music interventions, they often mix listening and music-making activities, involve small sample sizes, and include diverse populations, making it hard to draw definitive conclusions, says Dr Zoe Menczel Schrire, a postdoctoral research associate with the He...