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Dec 18, 2014 · Improvisation in music therapy is seen to have specific benefits for particular populations including the amelioration of neurological damage, improvements in mental health conditions, reductions in stress and anxiety, and improved communication and joint attention behaviours in children with autistic spectrum disorders.
- Raymond Ar MacDonald, Graeme B Wilson
- 2014
Improvisation in music therapy is seen to have specific benefits for particular populations including the amelioration of neurological damage, improvements in mental health conditions, reductions in stress and anxiety, and improved communication and joint attention behaviours in children with autistic spectrum disorders.
- MacDonald RAR, Wilson GB
- Musical improvisation and health: a review
- Journal Article
- 2014
Nov 13, 2020 · Clinical research suggests improvisation and music participation are primarily benefitted by those who are not musicians, and primarily, music therapy patients. The reviewed literature shows that musicians have the highest job satisfaction but are in the highest risk profession for anxiety disorders, depression, suicide, and substance abuse ...
Music therapy is moving from a social-science model focusing on overall health and well-being towards a neuroscience model focusing on specific elements of music and its effect on sensorimotor, language and cognitive functions.
A typology of music-based interventions emerged, which is characterized by combinations of three broad categories: 1) Somatosensory, 2) Social-Emotional, and 3) Cognitive-Reflective. Most interventions are Socio-Cognitive and Holistically Integrated (combines all three) followed by Socio-Somatic.
Sep 7, 2021 · Playing a musical instrument was associated with improved cognitive health and well-being in school students, older adults, and people with mild brain injuries via effects on motor, cognitive and social processes.
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Dec 9, 2020 · Within these two ways of stress reduction during music therapy, the tempo and the dynamics (also known as “loudness”) of the music can be considered as the most important musical components to reduce stress or tension in adult patients with MID.
