New Perspectives on Music in Rehabilitation of Executive and Attention Functions
Modern music therapy, starting around the middle of the twentieth century was primarily conceived to promote emotional well-being and to facilitate social group association and integration. Therefore, it was rooted mostly in social science concepts. More recently, music as therapy began to move deci...
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| description | Modern music therapy, starting around the middle of the twentieth century was primarily conceived to promote emotional well-being and to facilitate social group association and integration. Therefore, it was rooted mostly in social science concepts. More recently, music as therapy began to move decidedly toward perspectives of neuroscience. This has been facilitated by the advent of neuroimaging techniques that help uncover the therapeutic mechanisms for non-musical goals in the brain processes underlying music perception, cognition, and production. In this paper, we focus on executive function (EF) and attentional processes (AP) that are central for cognitive rehabilitation efforts. To this end, we summarize existing behavioral as well as neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies in musicians, non-musicians, and clinical populations. Musical improvisation and instrumental playing may have some potential for EF/AP stimulation and neurorehabilitation. However, more neuroimaging studies are needed to investigate the neural mechanisms for the active musical performance. Furthermore, more randomized clinical trials combined with neuroimaging techniques are warranted to demonstrate the specific efficacy and neuroplasticity induced by music-based interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-52b72451cf1b48839ae2c8105191fd872022-12-21T18:57:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2019-11-011310.3389/fnins.2019.01245476423New Perspectives on Music in Rehabilitation of Executive and Attention FunctionsYuko KoshimoriMichael H. ThautModern music therapy, starting around the middle of the twentieth century was primarily conceived to promote emotional well-being and to facilitate social group association and integration. Therefore, it was rooted mostly in social science concepts. More recently, music as therapy began to move decidedly toward perspectives of neuroscience. This has been facilitated by the advent of neuroimaging techniques that help uncover the therapeutic mechanisms for non-musical goals in the brain processes underlying music perception, cognition, and production. In this paper, we focus on executive function (EF) and attentional processes (AP) that are central for cognitive rehabilitation efforts. To this end, we summarize existing behavioral as well as neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies in musicians, non-musicians, and clinical populations. Musical improvisation and instrumental playing may have some potential for EF/AP stimulation and neurorehabilitation. However, more neuroimaging studies are needed to investigate the neural mechanisms for the active musical performance. Furthermore, more randomized clinical trials combined with neuroimaging techniques are warranted to demonstrate the specific efficacy and neuroplasticity induced by music-based interventions.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.01245/fullexecutive functionattention processesmusic neurosciencemusic improvisationNeurologic Music Therapy |
| spellingShingle | Yuko Koshimori Michael H. Thaut New Perspectives on Music in Rehabilitation of Executive and Attention Functions Frontiers in Neuroscience executive function attention processes music neuroscience music improvisation Neurologic Music Therapy |
| title | New Perspectives on Music in Rehabilitation of Executive and Attention Functions |
| title_full | New Perspectives on Music in Rehabilitation of Executive and Attention Functions |
| title_fullStr | New Perspectives on Music in Rehabilitation of Executive and Attention Functions |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Perspectives on Music in Rehabilitation of Executive and Attention Functions |
| title_short | New Perspectives on Music in Rehabilitation of Executive and Attention Functions |
| title_sort | new perspectives on music in rehabilitation of executive and attention functions |
| topic | executive function attention processes music neuroscience music improvisation Neurologic Music Therapy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.01245/full |
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