Music with different tones affects the development of brain nerves in mice in early life through BDNF and its downstream pathways

J Wang, J Wang, Y Wang, Y Chai, H Li, D Miao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
As a means of environmental enrichment, music environment has positive and beneficial
effects on biological neural development. Kunming white mice (61 days old) were randomly …

Modelling cognitive outcomes in the UK Biobank: education, noradrenaline and frontoparietal networks

L Bravo-Merodio, JA Williams, D Russ, G Gkoutos… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Cognitive reserve measured by proxies of life experiences is thought to account for the
heterogeneity in cognitive ageing. One hypothesis is that cognitively enriched environments …

Evidence accumulation rate moderates the relationship between enriched environment exposure and age-related response speed declines

M Brosnan, DJ Pearce, MH O'Neill… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Older adults exposed to enriched environments (EEs) maintain relatively higher levels of
cognitive function, even in the face of compromised markers of brain health. Response …