Why is music therapeutic for neurological disorders? The Therapeutic Music Capacities Model

O Brancatisano, A Baird, WF Thompson - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
Music has cognitive, psychosocial, behavioral and motor benefits for people with
neurological disorders such as dementia, stroke, Parkinson's disease (PD) and Autism …

Definitions of nonverbal and minimally verbal in research for autism: A systematic review of the literature

LK Koegel, KM Bryan, PL Su, M Vaidya… - Journal of autism and …, 2020 - Springer
This systematic review examined definitions of “nonverbal” or “minimally verbal” and
assessment measures used to evaluate communication in intervention studies focusing on …

Music improves social communication and auditory–motor connectivity in children with autism

M Sharda, C Tuerk, R Chowdhury, K Jamey… - Translational …, 2018 - nature.com
Music has been identified as a strength in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder; however,
there is currently no neuroscientific evidence supporting its benefits. Given its universal …

Putting music to trial: Consensus on key methodological challenges investigating music‐based rehabilitation

J Grau‐Sánchez, K Jamey… - Annals of the New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Major advances in music neuroscience have fueled a growing interest in music‐based
neurological rehabilitation among researchers and clinicians. Musical activities are …

PRESS-play: Musical engagement as a motivating platform for social interaction and social play in young children with ASD

MD Lense, S Camarata - Music & science, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Musical experiences are ubiquitous in early childhood. Beyond potential benefits of musical
activities for young children with typical development, there has long been interest in …

Music-evoked reward and emotion: Relative strengths and response to intervention of people with ASD

EM Quintin - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This review presents research findings showing that music is a unique domain to assess
perception, reward, emotion, and associated physiological reactions and neural circuitry of …

Motor speech impairment predicts expressive language in minimally verbal, but not low verbal, individuals with autism spectrum disorder

K Chenausky, A Brignell, A Morgan… - Autism & …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and aims Developmental motor speech impairment has been suspected, but
rarely systematically examined, in low-and minimally verbal individuals with autism …

Concurrent social communication predictors of expressive language in minimally verbal children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

M Pecukonis, D Plesa Skwerer, B Eggleston… - Journal of autism and …, 2019 - Springer
Numerous studies have investigated the predictors of language in pre-verbal toddlers and
verbally fluent children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study investigated …

Using music to assist language learning in autistic children with minimal verbal language: The MAP feasibility RCT

TI Williams, T Loucas, J Sin, M Jeremic, S Meyer… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Music has been shown to improve social interaction and attention to verbal stimuli in autism.
We report a feasibility randomised controlled trial of an online intervention using music …

Naturalistic language sampling to characterize the language abilities of 3-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder

EC Bacon, S Osuna, E Courchesne, K Pierce - Autism, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Characterization of language in naturalistic settings in autism spectrum disorder has been
lacking, particularly at young ages, but such information is important for parents, teachers …