Sessions for patients with neurological conditions are delivered with Nordoff and Robbins funding.

In two separate studies, researchers learned more about the way that our brains respond to music. One study found that brain neurons synchronize with musical rhythms, while the other showed how ...

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 repeat ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – World-famous opera singer Renee Fleming from Rochester is working with the National Institutes of Health to see what music does to her brain. Fleming sang in an MRI machine, and the ...

Music can also help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, which, in up to 95% of cases, can be driven by nongenetic factors. Neuroscientist Kathlyn Gan says research shows music can help counter ...

Ray Hart’s vocabulary consisted of just one word after his August 2022 stroke. “Yep” was all he could say, said Pamela Jenkins, his caregiver and partner of 24 years. Like many survivors, Hart, 62, ...

Scientists are learning how music can do more than lift our mood, from easing anxiety to helping experimental drugs reach the brain. Why it matters: Music could supplement therapy, help people manage ...

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 ...

A new music therapy center at the University of Indianapolis is hoped to address the need for more providers while treating southside residents.

The relationship between music and the human brain has fascinated neuroscientists for decades. While meditation has long been celebrated for its cognitive benefits, recent neurological research ...

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 ...

Access to music therapy is a major issue, particularly for those on Arizona's Medicaid program. Arizona's Medicaid may cover music therapy in some cases, but reimbursement rates can be low.