Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the effects of
the arts on health and well-being, alongside developments in practice and policy activities in …

Music has cognitive, psychosocial, behavioral and motor benefits for people with
neurological disorders such as dementia, stroke, Parkinson's disease (PD) and Autism …

Music has the capacity to engage auditory, cognitive, motor, and emotional functions across
cortical and subcortical brain regions and is relatively preserved in aging and dementia …

The neuroscience of music and music-based interventions (MBIs) is a fascinating but
challenging research field. While music is a ubiquitous component of every human society …

Stroke is associated with a high rate of disability and mortality, and survivors are usually
accompanied with dysphagia, aphasia, motor dysfunction, cognitive impairment, depression …

Music engages an extensive network of auditory, cognitive, motor, and emotional processing
regions in the brain. Coupled with the fact that the emotional and cognitive impact of music is …

Abstract Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) is a language production therapy for severely non-
fluent aphasic patients using melodic intoning and rhythm to restore language. Although …

During the last decades, there have been major advances in mapping the brain regions that
underlie our ability to perceive, experience, and produce music and how musical training …

Patients with large left‐hemisphere lesions and post‐stroke aphasia often remain nonfluent.
Melodic intonation therapy (MIT) may be an effective alternative to traditional speech therapy …

Melodic intonation therapy (MIT) positively impacts the speech function of patients suffering
from aphasia and strokes. Fixed-pitch melodies and phrases formulated in MIT provide the …