Listening to your favorite singers may do more than lift your mood -- it could also protect your brain.
A study from Australian researchers found that older adults who regularly listened to music had a 39% lower risk of developing dementia compared to those who didn't make music a part of their daily lives.
The research, published recently as part of the ASPREE Longitudinal Study of Older Persons, followed more than 10,000 adults aged 70 and older for about a decade to explore different lifestyle factors linked to healthy aging.
"Music was one of the areas we were interested in," senior researcher Joanne Ryan, head of the Biological Neuropsychiatry and Dementia unit at Monash University, told The Washington Post.
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