DRUMming to Dodge Decline (DRUMDD): Founding Falls Prevention in Music. Falls rank as the world's second leading cause of accidental injury deaths, particularly among older adults. This project aims t

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DRUMming to Dodge Decline (DRUMDD): Founding Falls Prevention in Music. Falls rank as the world's second leading cause of accidental injury deaths, particularly among older adults. This project aims to investigate how drumming training hones cognitive and whole-body movement abilities that are vital to preventing falls. This project expects to i) innovatively integrate mobile EEG, motion capture, and VR tools to reveal expert drummers’ enhanced cognitive-motor capacities in 3D space; ii) test translation of laboratory findings to precisely designed drumming training with healthy older adults. Expected project outcomes are a new theoretical model and drumming training guidelines. This should provide significant benefits for adults to age creatively and actively with future drumming falls prevention programs.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3603 - Music. Lead: Dr Mary Broughton