Description
Music and the Aging Brain describes brain functioning in aging and addresses the power of music to protect the brain from loss of function and 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, behavioral, and clinical science, the book explains brain organization and function. Written for those researching the brain and aging, the book provides solid examples of research fundamentals, including 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 cognition- Examines and explains music as neuroprotective in normal aging- Addresses the association of hearing loss to dementia- Promotes a neurological approach for research in music as therapy- Proposes questions for future research in music and aging
Table of Contents
1. The musical brainPart 1 Effects of Aging on Music Processing 2. Processing of musical pitch, time, and emotion in older adults 3. Age-related hearing lossPart 2 Disorders of Musical Perception and Memory 4. Disorders of music processing in dementia 5. Stroke and acquired amusia 6. "Curious cases of preservation of music compositional ability in the presence of organic brain disease: historical examplesPart 3 The Power of Music as Neuroprotection in Normal Aging 7. Theories of cognitive aging: a look at potential benefits of music training on the aging brain 8. Training-induced cognitive and neural changes in musicians: implications for health aging 9. Singing and choirs 10. Effects on cognition of physical activity with or without music and of dance 11. Toward music-based auditory rehabilitation for older adultsPart 4 The Power of Music in Rehabilitation and Care in Disorderd Aging 12. Benefits and limits of musical interventions in pathological aging 13. Why do music-based interventions benefit persons with neurodegenerative disease? 14. Neurorehabilitation in aging through neurologic music therapy 15. The use of rhythm in rehabilitation for patients with movement disorders 16. The impact of music interventions on motor rehabilitation following stroke in elderly
