In this review, we consider how the onset and progression of dementia can disrupt one's
sense of self, and propose that music is an ideal tool for alleviating this distressing symptom …

Sensory stimuli are used to evaluate and to restore cognitive functions and consciousness in
patients with a disorder of consciousness (DOC) following a severe brain injury. Although …

Assessment of awareness for those with disorders of consciousness (DOC) is a challenging
undertaking, due to the complex presentation of the population, where misdiagnosis rates …

Background. Music listening conveys beneficial effects on cognitive processes in both
normal and pathologic cerebral functioning. Surprisingly, no quantitative study has …

The value of music therapy in neurological rehabilitation is increasingly recognised and this
practical manual provides comprehensive guidance for clinicians on the application of music …

Establishing valid and reliable measures for use with patients with disorders of
consciousness (DOC) following profound brain injury is challenging due to a number of …

Preferred music is a highly emotional and salient stimulus, which has previously been
shown to increase the probability of auditory cognitive event-related responses in patients …

Background: Given its emotional and autobiographical properties, music appears as a
potential aid in diagnostic assessment and therapeutics in patients with disorders of …

Activations to pleasant and unpleasant musical stimuli were observed within an extensive
neuronal network and different brain structures, as well as in the processing of the syntactic …

Speaking for the Dead is an incisive examination of the highly topical and often controversial
issues surrounding the use of human cadavers in scientific research. Fully revised and …