Our First update of the year will be focused on some article concerning older adults with dementia. Two look at the impact of music therapy sessions on behaviors and the last will look at an evaluation of the Music in Dementia Assessment Scale. Continue reading
Category Archives: 2013 Articles
Open Access Articles – Dec 2013
The next few weeks are “go time” in my world, as the semester comes to an end. This leaves little time for blog posts. Therefore, I’m providing you with a quick December update of open-access articles related to music and function! Continue reading
Piano Playing in Rehabilitation
Although there are several studies on music therapy techniques for gait, there are fewer for upper body movement. Two studies have just been published on Therapeutic Instrumental Music Performance (TIMP). Continue reading
Neurologic MT for Persons with Non-fluent Aphasia
Using music for persons with non-fluent aphasia continues to be published. In this recent article neurologic music therapy was compared to speech language therapy in persons post-stroke. Continue reading
Entrainment – pro-social and animal
Some recent studies are bringing forth new information about rhythmic entrainment. A few of them are from a few years back, but due to different search terms in my current research, I just stumbled upon them this week! Continue reading
Research Roundup- Recent Open Access Articles
This week’s blog post is going to be a little different. I am listing some recent FREE access resources that I have found. That means that you can read the entire article free of charge!! Let us know which ones were interesting to you! Continue reading
Musicians and Letter Recognition
“It is well known …that musical training in childhood modifies brain connectivity, volume and functioning” (Proverbio et al., 2013, p. 538). Seems that the impact of music on the developing brain is receiving recognition, perhaps even leading to more music neuroscience research. In this quick post we will look at a new music neuroscience study on how music training relates to letter recognition. Continue reading
Music Listening for Anxiety
Patients who are awaiting medical procedures often experience anxiety. Music and music therapy are often used for anxiety and studies on the use of music can be found within the music therapy, nursing, and medical literature. Continue reading
Music Engagement: Long-term Training Effects
Researchers have demonstrated that music training changes the brain. Although it can be expected that engagement in any prolonged and specialized activity will yield cortical changes, the impact of music on the brain seems to be unique. In this MTRB post we will review some recent studies on music exposure and cortical differences. Continue reading
A Different Look at Autism
Over the past decade, there has been increasing research on different aspects of Autism Spectrum DIsorders. For example, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience just released an issue completely dedicated to sensorimotor differences in ASD. For this MTRB post we will take a brief look at some of the core articles in this issue. Continue reading