Music and the Aging Brain

Music and the Aging Brain

Cuddy, Lola
Belleville, Sylvie
Moussard, Aline

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Music and the Aging Brain describes brain functioning in aging and addresses the power of music to both protect the brain from loss of function in normal aging, as well as how to cope with the ravages of brain diseases that accompany aging. By studying the power of music in aging through the lens of neuroscience, behavioural, and clinical science, the book helps us to better understand brain organization and function. Written for those pursuing research on the brain and aging, the book provides solid examples of research fundamentals, such as rigorous standards for sample selection, control groups, description of intervention activities, measures of health outcomes, statistical methods, and logically stated conclusions Summarizes brain structures supporting music perception and cognitionExamines and explains music as neuroprotective in normal agingAddresses the association of hearing loss to dementiaPromotes a neurological approach for research in music as therapyProposes questions for future research in music and aging INDICE: 1. The musical brain2. Cognitive aging, memory and attention3. Hearing difficulties4. Neurodegenerative diseases5. Stroke and acquired amusia6. Curious? cases of preservation of musical processing despite disease7. Brain plasticity and music training8. Cognitive reserve and interventions9. Musical activity, practice and cognitive aging10. Singing and choirs11. Physical activity, dance and brain function12. Hearing difficulties, aging, and musical training13. Benefits and limits of musical interventions in pathological aging14. Therapeutic perspectives15. Music therapy16. Recovery of skills in stroke patients

  • ISBN: 978-0-12-817422-7
  • Editorial: Academic Press
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 425
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2020
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés