Music Engagement and Episodic Memory among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A National Longitudinal Analysis.
Hillary J RouseCassidy DoyleGizem HueluerMia D TorresLindsay J PetersonXi PanDebra DobbsYan DuKyaien O ConnerHongdao MengPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2023)
The results of this study suggest that engaging in both passive and active music engagement may be superior to engaging with music only passively or actively, and that engaging in music both ways may be able to protect against age-related declines in episodic memory. Future research should examine whether community-based music engagement interventions can affect this trajectory of decline.