Learning a musical instrument at any age may help keep the brain healthy
Music shapes personal identity, helps balance emotions and activates different areas of the brain. Learning to play an instrument is worthwhile at any age, even for those who did not manage it in childhood.
Learning to play a musical instrument is worthwhile at any age because it helps maintain brain health. This is the message of a piece by the Russian-language news portal of LSM, Latvia's public broadcaster, which looks at how music affects the human brain.
The portal notes that people live surrounded by a wide variety of sounds, with melodies and rhythms accompanying them almost everywhere. Most of the time, people do not see this musical background as something that deserves special attention.
However, even when people are unaware of it, music shapes a person's identity, helps balance emotions and activates various areas of the brain. For that reason, according to the article, learning an instrument is worth doing even for those who failed to learn to play in childhood.
The excerpt of the source does not give further research data or specific recommendations.
