Music Impact

12 Sep Listening to Music and Watching Music Videos

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ABSTRACT: This article is a good source that cites how much exposure children and adolescents have to music daily - which begs the question what kind of influence that has over them. REVIEWER: AUTHOR SUMMARY: READ MORE: https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/The-Influence-Of-Music-And-Music-Videos-040.aspx...

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12 Sep Music Uses in Preschool Classrooms in the U.S.: A Multiple-Methods Study

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ABSTRACT: This study reports preschool educators’ uses of music in educational settings, as well as challenges faced in incorporating music in the classroom in the U.S. Through a multiple-methods approach, data from two focus groups (N1 = 8, N2 = 6) and a survey (N = 119) are used to gain insight into how frequently preschool educators in the US use various types of music activities...

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12 Sep Gen Z Entrepreneurs Tackle Youth Mental Health Crisis with Music Therapy

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ABSTRACT: This article discusses a relatively new music therapy app called SoundMind designed to reduce students’ stress and anxiety through audio and visual beats tailored to the needs of each user. SoundMind launched in November 2021 and has gained over 100,000 users — in addition to reducing their stress and anxiety levels by 46%. From districts in Los Angeles to New York City, SoundMind has partnered...

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12 Sep Effectiveness of Medical Music Therapy Practice: Integrative Research Using the Electronic Health Record: Rationale, Design, and Population Characteristics

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ABSTRACT: This is a study showing how music therapy was integrated across an entire health system vs. in one unit of one hospital, which is quite interesting. It uses data about these therapy sessions from the electronic health records (EHRs) of hospital patients over a span of 3.5 years. While interesting in its scope and setup, the study did not come to any specific conclusions about...

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12 Sep Music Helps Patients with Dementia Connect with Loved Ones

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ABSTRACT: This article summarizes a Northwestern Medicine study, in collaboration with Institute for Therapy through the Arts (ITA), which shows that the gap between Alzheimer patients and caregivers can be bridged with a new music intervention. In the intervention — developed at ITA and called “Musical Bridges to Memory” — a live ensemble plays music from a patient’s youth such as songs from the musicals “Oklahoma”...

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12 Sep The Power of Music to Reduce Stress

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ABSTRACT: The article covers biological ways music relieves stress in the brain, links to a Health Psychology Review article that summarizes a systemic research summary done in 2020. It also outline meditation techniques, music therapy uses, ways music listening can relieve pain, improve focus and ground you. It also notes different music genres and demonstrates how music can foster community and togetherness. It is designed to...

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12 Sep How Can Music Improve Your Mental Health

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ABSTRACT: The JED Foundation has vital research and a wide range of resources. This article has an array of valid viewpoints and the relevance of music and its connection to mental health. This article also discusses critical components of culture and personality and their relationship to music. It studies music's effects on children and adults, identifying the changes that occur over time as well as different...

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12 Sep Tuning In: Six Benefits of Music Education for Kids

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ABSTRACT: A very short blog post that highlights (and provides links to underlying research) six benefits of music education on young children: enhanced language, improved memory, strenghtened hand eye-coordination, powerful study habits, teamwork skills, and heightened mental processing/problem solving abilities. REVIEWER: AUTHOR SUMMARY: Jenny Silverston READ MORE: https://nebhe.org/journal/tuning-in-six-benefits-of-music-education-for-kids/...

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12 Sep Music and Health

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ABSTRACT: This article explores the profound connection between music and human health indicating that music broadly enhances health and perfomance. It highlights the universal presence of music and its impact on our well-being. The neurobiology of music is discussed, emphasizing how the brain processes and interprets musical elements. The effects of music on cognitive function, stress reduction, mood, and movement are examined. Additionally, the challenges faced...

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12 Sep The Effect of Non-Verbal Music on Anxiety in Hospitalized Children

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ABSTRACT: Anxiety and subsequent changes in physiological responses in children can cause side effects such as prolonged recovery time and the need to take sedatives. The anxiety caused by children’s hospitalization causes damage to their biological and psychological development. Therefore, due to this issue, in recent years, pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods have been proposed for the mental adaptation of children to the hospital environment. Among non-pharmacological...

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