Senior Activities: 5 Reasons to Consider Sharing Live Music with the Elderly Many in the aging services professions who work in senior activities are already aware of the power of music on healing and particularly with dementia patients. Many patients can remember and sing songs even in advanced stages, long after...
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Turn Down the Music I CanÛªt Think; Background Music Hinders Memory (Video)
Turn Down the Music I CanÛªt Think; Background Music Hinders Memory
Turn Down the Music I Can’t Think; Background Music Hinders Memory
Turn Down the Music I Can’t Think; Background Music Hinders Memory A Georgia Institute of Technology study challenged younger and older adults to listen to music while trying to remember names. College-aged participants had no problems ÛÒ the music didnÛªt affect their performance. But the older adults remembered 10 percent...