Source note · R063
Increased functional connectivity in the right dorsal auditory stream after a full year of piano training in healthy older adults
A piano trial examines changes in functional brain connectivity after one year.
- Setting
- Related music & arts
- Kind of evidence
- Intervention studies
- Review extent
- Selected sections reviewed
What was studied
Imaging analysis of 109 completers from a randomized comparison of piano training and music-culture classes for older adults.
What it contributes
The paper reports selected connectivity changes related to auditory and motor processing.
Where the evidence stops
Completer analyses and selected imaging outcomes do not establish prevention of disease. This is another analysis from the same trial, not a separate test of community band participation.
One piano and music-culture trial, several outcomes
These papers report different outcomes or subsets from the Swiss-German trial registered as NCT03674931. Sample sizes change with the measure and follow-up. They must not be counted as five independent trials.
About this review
This is a targeted review of selected sections. The record should not be read as an appraisal of the entire work.
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