Cerebellar white matter in musicians: Less is more?
Aishwarya Ghosh, Palash K Malo, Sadhana Singh, Thomas Gregor Issac · 2025
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Aishwarya Ghosh and co-authors compare cerebellar tissue in older musicians in a 2025 study. Musical training is thought to build cognitive reserve against ageing. The cerebellum, long tied to music processing, may carry part of that reserve. From a Tata ageing cohort, the team picked 29 healthy older adults, split by training: thirteen singers with over five years of formal training and sixteen with little or none.
Scans at high field measured cerebellar volumes and white matter. The title asks whether less tissue might serve musicians better, a pruning idea from skill learning. Group gaps would hint at how decades of practice sculpt the ageing brain. The small, clean sample suits a first look.
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| CREATOR | Aishwarya Ghosh, Palash K Malo, Sadhana Singh, Thomas Gregor Issac |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |