I know this is a blog about art therapy, but as some of you know, I post occasionally about music therapy also. Being a musician, I particularly appreciate this sister creative arts therapy. An article published in "Cerebrum" from the DANA Foundation in 2010 explores how music helps neurologically with injured brains, calling the approach neurologic music therapy. It is a lengthy article, so I will post the editor's note below, as well as links to the PDF and online articles. Many thanks to my oboe teacher who shared this with me!
Editor’s note: The use of music in
therapy for the brain has evolved rapidly as brain-imaging techniques
have revealed the brain’s plasticity—its ability to change—and have
identified networks that music activates. Armed with this growing
knowledge, doctors and researchers are employing music to retrain the
injured brain. Studies by the authors and other researchers have
revealed that because music and motor control share circuits, music can
improve movement in patients who have suffered a stroke or who have
Parkinson’s disease. Research has shown that neurologic music therapy
can also help patients with language or cognitive difficulties, and the
authors suggest that these techniques should become part of
rehabilitative care. Future findings may well indicate that music should
be included on the list of therapies for a host of other disorders as
well.
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