Possible Mechanisms of Response to Music Therapy

Musical interventions with adults with cognitive impairments have received increased attention over the past few years, (…) Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade Avg: 0/5 Interesting Avg: 0/5 Practical Application Avg: 0/5 Possible Mechanisms of Response...

The Sensory Systems, Eurhythmics, and Sensorimotor Music-Based Interventions for Autism and Neurophysiologic Characteristics

Music is an all-brain, sensory-motor mind/body experience. Treatment that employs eurhythmics, consisting of movement, rhythm, and music’s additional five elements (timbre, melody, harmony, dynamics, and form), can address a variety of multisensory issues through...

The Harmonic Prescription: How Music Influences Patient Comfort in Medical Settings

Recent findings have illuminated an unexpected ally in the quest to soothe nerves in medical environments: music. Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade Avg: 0/5 Interesting Avg: 0/5 Practical Application Avg: 0/5 The Harmonic Prescription: How Music Influences...

Music and the Brain: The Music of Language and the Language of Music

In our everyday lives, language and instrumental music are obviously different things. Neuroscientist and musician Ani Patel is the author of a recent, elegantly argued offering from Oxford University Press, “Music, Language and the Brain.” Ratings Current...

How can music therapy improve mental health?

How Music Can Be Mental Health Care. In music therapy, clients play and listen to music as treatment for stress, depression and anxiety. Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade Avg: 0/5 Interesting Avg: 0/5 Practical Application Avg: 0/5 How can music therapy...

Tumor-Destroying Sound Waves Treatment Coming to a Hospital Near You For Liver Cancer

Oncologists have a new tool to target liver cancers with thanks to an academia-marketplace-based solution that uses high-energy acoustics to destroy tumors with sound. Ratings Current Average Ratings Overall Grade Avg: 0/5 Interesting Avg: 0/5 Practical Application...