GIves an overal view of how music therapy and music in general can support growth, healing, and decrease stress.
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Research investigates music’s effects on cells with implications for diabetes treatment
Music has the ability to stimulate the body on a cellular level, according to this research. In the study, living cells were divided into four groups: One group was exposed to a steady rhythm for fifteen minutes, the second to an irregular rhythm, the third to a continuous sound, and the fourth was a control group with no sound.
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Why Music Causes Memories To Flood Back
This article from the Washington Post examines the link between music and memory retrieval. The article specifically focuses on how people suffering from forms of dementia like Alzheimer’s can often recall lyrics to songs from their earlier days, even while struggling to retain short-term memories. The link between music and memory is compared to the way memories also link to olfaction.
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How Does Mental Health Play a Role in the Future of Hip Hop?
The article talks about how Dr. Olajide Williams, founder of Hip Hop Public Health and professor of neurology at Columbia University, shows how mental health should be viewed as a critical part of life. The physical and neurological benefits of music include mood improvement, stress reduction and memory retention.
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Can Music be a Tool for Social Transformation?
Professor Oscar Odena, researcher at University of Glasgow, Scotland, has created a global network of researchers studying how music affects people socially, through the Arts of Inclusion network. His research compares and contrasts social music projects around the world, determining the elements that can imporve people’s lives and bring communities together.
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“Has Music Saved You?” How Music Aids (in) Adolescent Grief Response
The Thesis focuses on the benefit of music and it theraputic efficacy when supporting individual in crisis, grief, and other cognitivie desparities. It reviews signficant and impactful reaserch as well as individuals stories and how music has impacted their lives.
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What Is The Papageno Effect?
Papageno Effect [is] the idea that mainstream media can use its powers for good by reporting on suicide responsibly to have a similar influence that these three characters had on Papageno in the opera.
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Music and Health
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.
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The Rhythm of Healthier Aging
Johns Hopkins neurologist Alex Pantelyat is developing promising treatments for his aging patients with Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases that involve no costly drugs or unpleasant side effects. These treatments are easy to pursue at home, or together with friends and family. And they appear to improve the health of patients with debilitating chronic illness while also unlocking feelings of joy and well-being.
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The Effect of Non-Verbal Music on Anxiety in Hospitalized Children
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.
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