Train the Brain With Music: Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Benefits Induced by Musical Practice in Elderly People

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

150

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 1, 2018

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2021

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2021

Conditions
Age-related Cognitive Decline
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

musical practice

Intensive weekly musical keyboard training over 12 months

BEHAVIORAL

music education

Recreative weekly musical courses without practice over 12 months

Trial Locations (1)

1206

School of Health Sciences Geneva; HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Swiss National Science Foundation

OTHER

collaborator

German Research Foundation

OTHER

lead

School of Health Sciences Geneva

OTHER