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Oct 7, 2020 · A recent survey on music and brain health conducted by AARP revealed some interesting findings about the impact of music on cognitive and emotional well-being: Music listeners had higher scores for mental well-being and slightly reduced levels of anxiety and depression compared to people overall.
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Music can alter brain structure and function, both after immediate and repeated exposure, according to Silbersweig. For example, musical training over time has been shown to increase the connectivity of certain brain regions.
Nov 1, 2020 · Psychologists and neuroscientists are particularly interested to find out which neural pathways are affected by music, how music influences children’s development, and how music interventions may help people with a range of physical and mental health conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, delirium and Parkinson’s disease.
Feb 1, 2024 · Music therapy can improve motor control, speech, language, and memory in stroke and Parkinson's disease patients. In dementia patients, music can trigger memories and improve mood, socialization, and quality of life. Music therapy can also reduce anxiety, depression, and pain in cancer patients.
Prosody, encompassing pitch, rhythm, and volume, is pivotal for embedding emotion and context in speech. Notably, these facets are fundamental to music, underlining a profound link between the musical and the expressive elements of language. However, the waters are murkier when exploring pitch.
Music also lights up nearly all of the brain — including the hippocampus and amygdala, which activate emotional responses to music through memory; the limbic system, which governs pleasure, motivation, and reward; and the body’s motor system.
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May 1, 2020 · With respect to therapeutic benefits, several researchers have reported that music-based interventions can trigger neural processes that result in measurable benefits (e.g., Särkämö et al., 2016, 2013).
