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  1. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC10605363Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure ...

    Music listening improves cognitive functions such as memory, attention span, and behavioral augmentation. In rehabilitation, music-based therapies have a high rate of success for the treatment of depression and anxiety and even in neurological disorders such as regaining the body integrity after a stroke episode.

  2. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleThe transformative power of music: Insights into ...

    Feb 1, 2024 · The ability of music to influence the brain is due to the brain's neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to reorganize and adapt to new experiences. Studies have shown that musical training can bring about structural and functional changes in the brain, resulting in increased grey and white matter density, larger corpus callosum, and greater cortical remapping in areas related to music ...

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  4. www.nature.com › articles › s41398/023/02671-4Biological principles for music and mental health - Nature

    Dec 4, 2023 · Dysfunction in brain reward circuitry contributes to a wide range of psychopathology, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive ...

  5. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleTherapeutic use of music in neurological disorders: A concise ...

    Aug 30, 2024 · The aim of this review is to summarize some of the recent studies focused on evaluating the applications of music therapy. For this purpose, we have focused on disorders encompassing both temporal extremities of brain developmental stages, from developmental conditions of autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), to ageing-related pathologies of Parkinson's disease and dementias.

  6. www.health.harvard.edu › blog › why-is-music-goodWhy is music good for the brain? - Harvard Health

    Oct 7, 2020 · Music activates just about all of the brain. Music has been shown to activate some of the broadest and most diverse networks of the brain. Of course, music activates the auditory cortex in the temporal lobes close to your ears, but that’s just the beginning. The parts of the brain involved in emotion are not only activated during emotional ...

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  7. magazine.hms.harvard.edu › articles › how-musicHow Music Resonates in the Brain | Harvard Medicine Magazine

    Brain activity in patients with certain disorders reveals unexpected connections with brain activity in people as they listen to music. Although models of obsessive-compulsive disorder pathophysiology are varied, evidence suggests that the condition is caused by faulty neural circuits in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), anterior cingulate cortex, caudate nucleus, and anterior thalamus.

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  9. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC8566759Music, mental health, and immunity - PMC - PubMed Central (PMC)

    Reviews of the evidence have suggested that Music therapy may improve mental health in children and adolescents and communication in children with autistic spectrum disorder (Gold et al., 2007; Whipple, 2004). In the same way, clinical reports and pre-experimental studies have suggested that Music therapy may be an effective intervention for adult patients with mental health problems across ...