by David Gibson | Jan 23, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Hearing, Language, Music Therapy, Music Training, Sound and Children
Children who are better able to synchronize to an acoustic beat have more faithful neural encoding of speech responses (higher stimulus-to-response correlations) in quiet and noise, and have higher phonological awareness scores—an early indicator of reading ability....
by David Gibson | Jan 22, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Emotion, Hearing, Music Therapy, Music Training
Sound is air in motion. We all know that sound moves our hair cells, but sound moves us in other ways too. Hearing is coupled with feeling: In the brain, the auditory and emotional systems are interconnected by feedforward and feedback pathways, and reward-related...
by David Gibson | Jan 22, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Hearing, Music Therapy
In May 2018, Northwestern University hosted “Music Therapy at the Crossroads,” an interdisciplinary conference on the intersections between music therapy, medicine, society, and everyday life. The conference featured several pioneers in the field who have employed...
by David Gibson | Jan 22, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Hearing, Language, Music Therapy, Music Training, Sound and Children
Making sense of sound is about a lot more than just hearing: The auditory brain is suffused with connections to the cognitive, language, reward, sensory, and motor systems. In fact, auditory-motor connections are arguably among the strongest in the brain. Speech...
by David Gibson | Jan 18, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Hearing, Sound and Children, Sound for Autism
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately one in 54 children has been identified as having autism spectrum disorder (ASD), compared with one out of 150 only 20 years ago. ASD defies generalization, but it can affect a constellation of...
by David Gibson | Jan 18, 2022 | Articles and Videos, Cognitive Function, Hearing, Sound and Children, Sound for Autism
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a diverse neurodevelopmental condition that typically manifests as challenges with social-pragmatic language, theory of mind, and emotional understanding. Its prevalence has increased dramatically over the past decades; it is now...
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