Cognitive Benefits From a Musical Activity in Older Adults

Autores
Diaz Abrahan, Veronika; Shifres, Favio Demian; Justel, Nadia
Año de publicación
2019
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The aging population is growing rapidly. Proposing interventions that enhance the cognitive functions or strategies that delay the onset of disabilities associated with age is a topic of capital interest for the biopsychosocial health of our species. In this work, we employed musical improvisation as a focal environmental activity to explore its ability to improve memory in older adults. We present two studies: the first one evaluated neutral memory using the Rey Complex Figure (RCF) and the second one evaluated emotional memory using International Affective Picture System (IAPS). A group of 132 volunteers, between the ages of 60 and 90, participated in this investigation. Fifty-one of them were musicians with more than 5 years of formal musical training. After acquisition of neutral (Study 1) or emotional (Study 2) information, the groups of older adults were exposed to music improvisation (experimental intervention) or music imitation (control intervention) for 3 min. We then evaluated memory through two tasks (free recall and recognition), by means of immediate and deferred measures (after a week). We found a significant improvement in memory among participants involved in music improvisation, who remembered more items of the RCF and images from IAPS than the imitation group, both in the immediate and deferred evaluation. On the other hand, participants who had musical knowledge had a better performance in neutral visual memory than non-musicians. Our results suggest that a focal musical activity can be a useful intervention in older adults to promote an enhancement in memory.
Laboratorio para el Estudio de la Experiencia Musical
Materia
Música
Psicología
Cognitive reserve
Musical strategy
Improvisation
Memory
Aging
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Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cognitive Benefits From a Musical Activity in Older Adults
title Cognitive Benefits From a Musical Activity in Older Adults
spellingShingle Cognitive Benefits From a Musical Activity in Older Adults
Diaz Abrahan, Veronika
Música
Psicología
Cognitive reserve
Musical strategy
Improvisation
Memory
Aging
title_short Cognitive Benefits From a Musical Activity in Older Adults
title_full Cognitive Benefits From a Musical Activity in Older Adults
title_fullStr Cognitive Benefits From a Musical Activity in Older Adults
title_full_unstemmed Cognitive Benefits From a Musical Activity in Older Adults
title_sort Cognitive Benefits From a Musical Activity in Older Adults
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Diaz Abrahan, Veronika
Shifres, Favio Demian
Justel, Nadia
author Diaz Abrahan, Veronika
author_facet Diaz Abrahan, Veronika
Shifres, Favio Demian
Justel, Nadia
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author2 Shifres, Favio Demian
Justel, Nadia
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Música
Psicología
Cognitive reserve
Musical strategy
Improvisation
Memory
Aging
topic Música
Psicología
Cognitive reserve
Musical strategy
Improvisation
Memory
Aging
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The aging population is growing rapidly. Proposing interventions that enhance the cognitive functions or strategies that delay the onset of disabilities associated with age is a topic of capital interest for the biopsychosocial health of our species. In this work, we employed musical improvisation as a focal environmental activity to explore its ability to improve memory in older adults. We present two studies: the first one evaluated neutral memory using the Rey Complex Figure (RCF) and the second one evaluated emotional memory using International Affective Picture System (IAPS). A group of 132 volunteers, between the ages of 60 and 90, participated in this investigation. Fifty-one of them were musicians with more than 5 years of formal musical training. After acquisition of neutral (Study 1) or emotional (Study 2) information, the groups of older adults were exposed to music improvisation (experimental intervention) or music imitation (control intervention) for 3 min. We then evaluated memory through two tasks (free recall and recognition), by means of immediate and deferred measures (after a week). We found a significant improvement in memory among participants involved in music improvisation, who remembered more items of the RCF and images from IAPS than the imitation group, both in the immediate and deferred evaluation. On the other hand, participants who had musical knowledge had a better performance in neutral visual memory than non-musicians. Our results suggest that a focal musical activity can be a useful intervention in older adults to promote an enhancement in memory.
Laboratorio para el Estudio de la Experiencia Musical
description The aging population is growing rapidly. Proposing interventions that enhance the cognitive functions or strategies that delay the onset of disabilities associated with age is a topic of capital interest for the biopsychosocial health of our species. In this work, we employed musical improvisation as a focal environmental activity to explore its ability to improve memory in older adults. We present two studies: the first one evaluated neutral memory using the Rey Complex Figure (RCF) and the second one evaluated emotional memory using International Affective Picture System (IAPS). A group of 132 volunteers, between the ages of 60 and 90, participated in this investigation. Fifty-one of them were musicians with more than 5 years of formal musical training. After acquisition of neutral (Study 1) or emotional (Study 2) information, the groups of older adults were exposed to music improvisation (experimental intervention) or music imitation (control intervention) for 3 min. We then evaluated memory through two tasks (free recall and recognition), by means of immediate and deferred measures (after a week). We found a significant improvement in memory among participants involved in music improvisation, who remembered more items of the RCF and images from IAPS than the imitation group, both in the immediate and deferred evaluation. On the other hand, participants who had musical knowledge had a better performance in neutral visual memory than non-musicians. Our results suggest that a focal musical activity can be a useful intervention in older adults to promote an enhancement in memory.
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