This week I’m under deadline, so this week’s post will be a listing of recent articles that aren’t in music therapy journals:

Gold, C., Assmus, J., Hjørnevik, K., Qvale, L.G., Brown, F.K., Hansen, A.L., Waage, L., & Stige, B. (2013). Music Therapy for Prisoners: Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial and Implications for Evaluating Psychosocial Interventions. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2013 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23985355

Jiménez-Jiménez, M., García-Escalona, A., Martín-López, A., De Vera-Vera, R., De Haro, J. (2013). Intraoperative stress and anxiety reduction with music therapy: A controlled randomized clinical trial of efficacy and safety. J Vasc Nurs. 31(3):101-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvn.2012.10.002 PMID: 23953858

Gold, C., Mössler, K., Grocke, D., Heldal, T.O., Tjemsland, L., Aarre, T., Aarø, L.E.,
Rittmannsberger, H., Stige, B., Assmus, J., & Rolvsjord, R. (2013). Individual music therapy for mental health care clients with low therapy motivation: multicentre randomised controlled trial. Psychother Psychosom. 82(5):319-31. doi: 10.1159/000348452. PMID: 23942318

Open Access Article:
Gold, B.P., Frank, M.J., Bogert, B., & Brattico, E. (2013). Pleasurable music affects reinforcement learning according to the listener. Front Psychol. 4:541. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00541. PMID: 23970875

Let me know if you find these bib updates helpful – they are easier to do when in a time bind!!

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