Acquisition of musical skills and abilities in older adults—results of 12 months of music training by Losch, H, Altenmüller, E, Marie, D, Passarotto, E, Kretschmer, CR, Scholz, DS, Kliegel, M, Krüger, THC, Sinke, C, Jünemann, K, James, CE, Worschech, F

“…Higher global cognitive functioning and musical sophistication was associated with greater performance in MDT for both groups. We did not identify any links between individual characteristics, like age, CogTel, CRIq, and musical sophistication, and improvement in musical aptitude tests. …”