ABSTRACT
Introduction: In the twenty first century, mental health hazards are growing by lips and bounce. Worldwide reports based on several empirical data poses a serious threat for near future. Memory skill and emotional management are central to many neurocognitive and neuro psychiatric illness. Music and dance, the ancients of performing arts, have long been identified as mind relaxant and mind-body coordinator. Efforts are regularly made to include these performing art forms in non-invasive therapeutics. Most of the data are based on clinical patients and few on healthy subjects. But whether learning these art forms for a long time give any benefit in daily life is still not very apparent from experimental data. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the impact of long-term training in this field on working memory impairment (WMI) and emotional regulation (ER). Methodology: Individuals were recruited based on their soulful agreement to participate in the study. WMI and ER were assessed using validated questionnaires for each participant. Anonymized data obtained from participants were further analysed using suitable statistical methods. Results: Finding from analysed outputs suggested a beneficial impact of long-term training in music and dance; WMI was significantly lower in the trained individuals (P<0.05). Significant difference in ER (P<0.05) was also evident, especially among the young aspirants. Conclusion: Long term training in music and dance can be a potentially preventive as well as therapeutic intervention from stress, dementia, and other sort of mental illness.