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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Can music slow mental decline? Rice researchers aim to find out
Can music therapy slow the progression of degenerative brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia while promoting well-being? A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will fund a new lab at Rice University that will explore this possible new inroad in the fight against such disorders. Principal investigator Christopher Fagundes, an...
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Music evokes powerful positive emotions through personal memories
Music is known to evoke emotions through a range of mechanisms. A new study gives insights into the way positive emotional reactions can be triggered by music and pictures. Credit: CC0 Public Domain We all have experiences of being emotionally moved after listening to music that we have strong personal memories of or to seeing...
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Musical sensor shows bad medicine plays false note
Inspired by a musical instrument, the simple sensor can be constructed from common materials and used to detect adulterated or counterfeit drugs UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE A new sensor based on a 3,000 year old African musical instrument can be used to identify substances, including a poisonous chemical sometimes mistakenly added to medicines. The...
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An entire generation said to be at risk of going deaf due to music on their phones
An entire generation is at risk of going DEAF because under 30s listen to loud music on their phones, expert warns An entire generation said to be at risk of going deaf due to music on their phones Smartphones and earphones responsible for increasing deafness, experts warn The music we listen to can be the...
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