When J.L. Gallese's father entered the later stages of dementia, music became a regular element of his care. There were a few LPs of old TV show theme songs that he loved, and they played on ...

Listening to music could help ease the effects of dementia by providing comfort and stimulating the brain, a GP has revealed.

Professor of Cognitive-Neuroscience , Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my ...

Experts say listening to music can help reduce dementia symptoms by activating multiple brain regions and strengthening ...

Following the accident, John Famechon was admitted into intensive care. Source: Microsoft Copilot / Microsoft In August 1991, former World Boxing Champion John Famechon sustained severe incapacitating ...

This post is a review of I Heard There Was A Secret Chord: Music As Medicine. By Daniel J. Levitin. W.W. Norton & Co. 405 pp. $32.50. In 1993, Nature magazine reported on a study suggesting that ...

Be it music or paintings or dance — or any form of art — there’s now myriad research to show that when one’s brain is exposed to this kind of stimulation, it reacts in a uniquely positive way. And on ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — An arm draped over the guitar on her lap, music therapist Hannah Joseph ponders how to begin an impromptu therapy session in her simply-decorated Kalamazoo office. “Ever hear of the 12 ...

A new study published in Music and Medicine reveals that intraoperative music therapy significantly reduces the amount of ...

A study published in the journal Music and Medicine demonstrates that intraoperative music therapy significantly reduces the amount of propofol and fentanyl required during laparoscopic ...