Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Music benefits your brain and your overall life in so many different ways. In this video I go over a couple of different studies that show how music builds cognitive reserve, why you should encourage music in everyone around you, and how/why keyboardists specifically benefit more than most.

The ELMEQ Test: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8282069/bin/pone.0254176.s020.docx

The original ELMEQ Study: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8282069

The PROTECT-UK sub-study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gps.6061

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0:00 Intro
0:33 Why This Video
1:05 PROTECT-UK Study
1:52 Original ELMEQ Results
2:26 Study Results
3:13 Working Memory
3:37 Cognitive Reserve
4:41 Executive Function
5:08 Study Quotes
9:47 Music & Dementia: My Experiences

#Music #Brain #Cognition