[HTML][HTML] Musical activity during life is associated with multi-domain cognitive and brain benefits in older adults

A Böttcher, A Zarucha, T Köbe, M Gaubert… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Regular musical activity as a complex multimodal lifestyle activity is proposed to be protective
against age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. This cross-sectional study …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term environmental enrichment is associated with better fornix microstructure in older adults

…, M Gaubert, D Hayek, A Zarucha… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Sustained environmental enrichment (EE) through a variety of leisure activities
may decrease the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. This cross-sectional cohort study …

Lifelong musical activity is associated with multi-domain cognitive and brain benefits in older adults

A Böttcher, A Zarucha, T Köbe, M Gaubert, A Höppner… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
1 Abstract Regular musical activity as a highly-stimulating lifestyle activity is proposed to be
protective against age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This study …

The impact of dance‐movement interventions on psychological health in older adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

A Zarucha, OS Podolski, L Schaaf… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Good psychological health is proposed as a key factor in the protection against
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and age‐related cognitive decline 1 . Multimodal motor, cognitive, …

Microstructural white matter changes in cognitively normal individuals at risk of amnestic MCI

L Zhuang, PS Sachdev, JN Trollor, NA Kochan… - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: Since Alzheimer disease (AD) is a slowly progressive disorder and its pathologic
features are likely to be present for many years before symptoms become manifest, we …

[HTML][HTML] Cortisol reactivity impairs suppression-induced forgetting

CWEM Quaedflieg, H Stoffregen, SM Ashton - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2022 - Elsevier
To some extent, we can shape our recollections by intentionally remembering certain
experiences while trying to forget others, for example, by intentional suppression. Acute stress …

Predispositions and plasticity in music and speech learning: neural correlates and implications

RJ Zatorre - Science, 2013 - science.org
Speech and music are remarkable aspects of human cognition and sensory-motor processing.
Cognitive neuroscience has focused on them to understand how brain function and …