Musical and Multilingual Experience Are Related to Healthy Aging: Better Some Than None But Even Better Together.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Life experiences that are complex, sustained, and intense, such as active participation in music and speaking multiple languages, have been suggested to contribute to maintaining or improving cognitive performance and mental health. The current study focuses on whether lifetime musical and multilingual experiences differentially relate to cognition and well-being in older adults, and tests whether there is a cumulative effect of both experiences.

Methods

A total of 11,335 older adults from the population-based Lifelines Cohort Study completed a musical and multilingual background and experience questionnaire. Latent class analysis was used to categorize individuals into subgroups according to their various musical and multilingual experiences resulting in a (1) no

SUBMITTER: Nijmeijer SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10066740 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature