Ua iloa i suesuega a Dr Jennifer MacRitchie le sootaga i musika ma le faaolaolaina o le fai'ai. O le suesuega na faafoeina e le matagaluega o le MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development i le Iunivesite o Western Sydney, e oo i tagata faatoa amata ona a'o le taina o se laau i le taimi ua ova i le 65 tausaga le matutua, o loo molimauina ai le aoga i lo latou soifua maloloina i le tino ma le mafaufau.
O lana suesuega na faia i ni tagata matutua na faatoa amata ona a'o le ta piano ina ua ova i le 65 tausaga le matutua.
Na ia faaalia na iloa ai, e mafai lava e tagata ua ova i le 65 tausaga ona a'o se tomai fou, e pei o le taina o le piano.
MACRITCHIE
"Some of the things that people believe about playing a musical instrument is that if they've never done it in childhood it's passed them by, it's something they cannot do again. But what we know now is that the ageing brain is plastic and we can still learn new skills as we get older. So what I wanted to do was a research study looking at people over the age of 65 to see if they could learn to play the piano over a period of six weeks and how that would help with their hand function in daily life."
O se tasi na auai i le suesuega lenei ma a'o lana ta piano o Mary Webb, ua 78 tausaga lona matu.
Na faaalia e Mary Webb lona fiafia e ta ana lesona, ma ia lagonaina le aoga i le faaolaolaina o lona mafaufau ma toe toleni ai ona tamatama'i lima.
WEBB
"Just the enjoyment of music you know. And meeting the other people too you know. That was good because we were in a group and I really enjoyed it. I have always wanted to play the piano and I'd like to continue learning. I'd be practising every day when I got home and I enjoyed it. It got my brain going a bit more and my fingers, because I have trouble with my fingers and it was good."
