Participation in Active Singing Leads to Cognitive Improvements in Individuals with Dementia

Conflict of Interest: The editor in chief has reviewed the conflict of interest checklist provided by the authors and has determined that the authors have no financial or any other kind of personal conflicts with this paper. Author Contributions: Wu, Lu: study concept and design, acquisition of subjects and data, data analysis. Wu, Lu, Cheng, Kawachi: interpretation of findings, critical review of manuscript. Sponsor’s Role: None.

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