Can the Ability to Play Steady Beats Be Indicative of Cognitive Aging? Using a Beat Processing Device

Hyun Ju Chong, Jin Hee Choi, Ga Eul Yoo · 2024

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Hyun Ju Chong, Jin Hee Choi, and Ga Eul Yoo test beat keeping as a window on aging minds in a 2024 study. Seventy nine older adults tapped back six rhythm patterns while a device scored their accuracy.

Even steady beats were copied best, while a pattern opening with long gaps scored worst. Age band and current music habits did not sway scores much. The sharp link sat elsewhere: weaker steady beat copying tracked with weaker general thought scores. The team read rhythm tasks as a cheap probe of time based thought skills in later life.

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CREATORHyun Ju Chong, Jin Hee Choi, Ga Eul Yoo
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE27 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11590993

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