Rhythmic musical activities may strengthen connectivity between brain networks associated with aging-related deficits in timing and executive functions
Brain aging and common conditions of aging (e.g., hypertension) affect networks important in organizing information, processing speed and action programming (i.e., executive functions). Declines in these networks may affect timing and could have an impact on the ability to perceive and perform music...
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| description | Brain aging and common conditions of aging (e.g., hypertension) affect networks important in organizing information, processing speed and action programming (i.e., executive functions). Declines in these networks may affect timing and could have an impact on the ability to perceive and perform musical rhythms. There is evidence that participation in rhythmic musical activities may help to maintain and even improve executive functioning (near transfer), perhaps due to similarities in brain regions underlying timing, musical rhythm perception and production, and executive functioning. Rhythmic musical activities may present as a novel and fun activity for older adults to stimulate interacting brain regions that deteriorate with aging. However, relatively little is known about neurobehavioral interactions between aging, timing, rhythm perception and production, and executive functioning. In this review, we account for these brain-behavior interactions to suggest that deeper knowledge of overlapping brain regions associated with timing, rhythm, and cognition may assist in designing more targeted preventive and rehabilitative interventions to reduce age-related cognitive decline and improve quality of life in populations with neurodegenerative disease. Further research is needed to elucidate the functional relationships between brain regions associated with aging, timing, rhythm perception and production, and executive functioning to direct design of targeted interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd0b9bfb5faa4d9bbbf6655da514d4422024-02-01T06:29:33ZengElsevierExperimental Gerontology1873-68152024-02-01186112354Rhythmic musical activities may strengthen connectivity between brain networks associated with aging-related deficits in timing and executive functionsAaron Colverson0Stephanie Barsoum1Ronald Cohen2John Williamson3Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, 1651 4th street, San Francisco, CA, United States of America; Corresponding author.Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory, College of Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100277, Gainesville, FL 32610-0277, United States of AmericaCenter for Cognitive Aging and Memory, College of Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100277, Gainesville, FL 32610-0277, United States of AmericaCenter for Cognitive Aging and Memory, College of Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100277, Gainesville, FL 32610-0277, United States of AmericaBrain aging and common conditions of aging (e.g., hypertension) affect networks important in organizing information, processing speed and action programming (i.e., executive functions). Declines in these networks may affect timing and could have an impact on the ability to perceive and perform musical rhythms. There is evidence that participation in rhythmic musical activities may help to maintain and even improve executive functioning (near transfer), perhaps due to similarities in brain regions underlying timing, musical rhythm perception and production, and executive functioning. Rhythmic musical activities may present as a novel and fun activity for older adults to stimulate interacting brain regions that deteriorate with aging. However, relatively little is known about neurobehavioral interactions between aging, timing, rhythm perception and production, and executive functioning. In this review, we account for these brain-behavior interactions to suggest that deeper knowledge of overlapping brain regions associated with timing, rhythm, and cognition may assist in designing more targeted preventive and rehabilitative interventions to reduce age-related cognitive decline and improve quality of life in populations with neurodegenerative disease. Further research is needed to elucidate the functional relationships between brain regions associated with aging, timing, rhythm perception and production, and executive functioning to direct design of targeted interventions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556523002759AgingTimingRhythm perception and productionExecutive functioning |
| spellingShingle | Aaron Colverson Stephanie Barsoum Ronald Cohen John Williamson Rhythmic musical activities may strengthen connectivity between brain networks associated with aging-related deficits in timing and executive functions Experimental Gerontology Aging Timing Rhythm perception and production Executive functioning |
| title | Rhythmic musical activities may strengthen connectivity between brain networks associated with aging-related deficits in timing and executive functions |
| title_full | Rhythmic musical activities may strengthen connectivity between brain networks associated with aging-related deficits in timing and executive functions |
| title_fullStr | Rhythmic musical activities may strengthen connectivity between brain networks associated with aging-related deficits in timing and executive functions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rhythmic musical activities may strengthen connectivity between brain networks associated with aging-related deficits in timing and executive functions |
| title_short | Rhythmic musical activities may strengthen connectivity between brain networks associated with aging-related deficits in timing and executive functions |
| title_sort | rhythmic musical activities may strengthen connectivity between brain networks associated with aging related deficits in timing and executive functions |
| topic | Aging Timing Rhythm perception and production Executive functioning |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556523002759 |
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