New adventures, clear mindedness and airplane middle seats. Recently I have been re-inspired to learn several difficult piano pieces that I never completed earlier in my music career. This has become important to me, as they are pieces I have always wanted to complete, but not invested the time to do so. One recent event…

Musicians have long been shown to have a better working memory than non-musicians. The only other area of study that increases level of ability to quickly recall information, like a list of instructions, is language. Science now says this may mean musicians and bilinguals require less effort to perform the same task, which could also protect them against cognitive decline and…