Rest easy; if you're listening to this, chances are you're doing it right. A new study suggests that regularly listening to music is linked to a lower risk of developing dementia. In the study, people who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39-percent compared with those who did not regularly listen to music. Joanne Ryan, head of the Biological Neuropsychiatry and Dementia research unit in the School of Public Health at Monash University and the senior researcher on the new study, says that while the study isn't definitive, she's taking no chances. "I have started myself listening to music more than I was," Ryan said. "I would encourage people to be listening to music, because if it’s something they take pleasure from and it’s also stimulating their brain, why not?"