by Joel Streed, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAlzheimer’s disease is a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away and die. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is a term used to describe a group of symptoms that affect memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to...
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How music heals us, even when it’s sad—new study of musical therapy led by a neuroscientist
by Leigh Riby, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When I hear Shania Twain’s “You’re Still The One,” it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my Dad’s PC. I was tidying up the mess after he had tried to [take his own life]. He’d been listening to her album, and I played...
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Playing With the Music of the Brain
Common neurological disorders like depression and chronic pain can be challenging to treat with conventional methods. An automated version of a long-used brain stimulation technique holds real promise as a reliable and effective drug-free alternative. When discussing the brain, Risto Ilmoniemi has a striking habit: he points at his own. So, as he describes the relationship...
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How music can prevent cognitive decline
UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE IMAGE: SIDE VIEW OF A BRAIN. IN BLUE, THE AREAS AFFECTED BY THE INCREASE IN GREY MATTER IN THE ELDERLY AS A RESULT OF MUSIC PRACTICE. CREDIT: © UNIGE – DAMIEN MARIE Normal ageing is associated with progressive cognitive decline. But can we train our brain to delay this process? A team...
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Can a playlist be your therapist? Balancing emotions through music #ASA183
ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA IMAGE: THE EMOTION EQUALIZATION APP SURVEYS YOUR MOOD AND ENERGY TO CREATE A CORRESPONDING THERAPEUTIC PLAYLIST. CREDIT: MAN HEI LAW NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2022 – Music has the potential to change emotional states and can distract listeners from negative thoughts and pain. It has also been proven to help improve...
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Investigating musical interventions for people with disorders of consciousness
by Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Change in cortisol levels. Error bars represent the standard error of the mean (SEM). Credit: Frontiers in Neurology (2022). DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.788588 Can music improve the quality of life of people with disorders of consciousness? In her doctoral thesis, cognitive linguist Teresa Grimm examined this question from different perspectives. The signs are...
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Music helps patients with dementia connect with loved ones
People with dementia often lose their ability to communicate verbally with loved ones in later stages of the disease. But a Northwestern Medicine study, in collaboration with Institute for Therapy through the Arts (ITA), shows how that gap can be bridged with a new music intervention. In the intervention — developed at ITA and called “Musical...
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The healing power of music for stroke survivors
by Laura Williamson Julie Stillman was 55 years old when a blood vessel in her brain suddenly burst. The hemorrhagic stroke left her unable to compose a simple sentence—a hard blow for a woman who built a career in book publishing. It also robbed her of the ability to speak properly. But not the ability...
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Does music improve overall health and well-being?
by Emi Berry, University of New South Wales Canberra In a recent study, Dr Matt McCrary and his colleagues revealed that repeatedly engaging with music has a real, tangible positive impact on our overall health. Credit: Shutterstock What’s your favorite genre of music? Do you prefer Bach over Metallica? Or perhaps David Bowie is more...
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The music therapy that helped Gabby Giffords speak again is getting dementia patients moving
by Stacey Burling Many of us know of music therapy as a way to soothe the troubled and stressed or to activate memories of favorite songs embedded deeply in the minds of people with dementia. For her exercise classes in the nursing home at Paul’s Run, a retirement community in Northeast Philadelphia, music therapist Molly Bybee taps the emotional power of music. But she...
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