Music Expression Study Can Help Reduce Dementia To Achieve 39 Percent

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JAKARTA - Listening to or playing the most famous music can substantially help reduce dementia at an advanced age. This was revealed through studies in Australia, on more than 10,800 elderly people.

The study used data from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) study. This is an important research project that investigates the low-dose effects of health yields in elderly adults, as well as data from the ASPREE Longitudinal Study of Older Persons' substudi.

The results found that residents aged 70 years and over who always listen to music have a 39 percent lower risk of developing dementia, than those who never, rarely, or only occasionally listen to music.

Those who regularly listen to music also have 17 percent lower cognitive impairment incidence. Higher scores in overall cognitive capabilities and episodic memory also occur by listening to music.

Not only that, playing musical instruments in the study is also related to 35 percent reduction in the risk of being exposed to dementia.

Music activity can be an easily accessible strategy to maintain cognitive health in elderly adults, although causal-effect relationships cannot be ascertained, quoted from Xinhuanet, on Friday, October 31, 2025.

Thus, the increase in age-related diseases, such as dementia or decreased cognitive function, has also proven to be influenced by a person's environment and lifestyle.

Therefore, lifestyle-based interventions such as listening to music or playing musical instruments can support cognitive health needs to be done, especially in the elderly.

"The evidence shows that brain aging is not determined only by age and genetic factors, but can also be influenced by environmental choices and a person's lifestyle," he concluded.