A partnership program between the UNO School of Music and the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences is studying how music ...

When J.L. Gallese’s father entered the later stages of dementia, music became a regular element of his care. There were a few LPs of old TV show theme songs that he loved, and they played on repeat ...

Music activates multiple brain areas at once, creating a workout for the mind Dementia affects more than 6 million Americans and accounts for more than 100,000 deaths in the country each year, ...

Research shows that when we listen to music, it's like a neurological CrossFit session for our brains, engaging multiple areas simultaneously. For people with dementia, this mental workout can be ...

Music motivates and inspires and is a powerful and nonthreatening medium and therefore, people with Alzheimer’s react ...

Music therapy can help lift the spirits and ease depression in people with dementia, a new evidence review has found. Findings suggest that music-based therapy probably improves depressive symptoms ...

Candy Cohn used to always speak with her mother, Lillian Cohn, in English, with a few words here and there in Yiddish. Then one day, Lillian, of Delray Beach, started singing a beautiful Yiddish love ...

Researchers are looking into why patients can still have a powerful response to music even as their memory fades.

Dementia is a symptom found in many diseases of the brain. Memory loss is the most common symptom, particularly the struggle ...

I have recently read a number of short reports and studies of music and its effects on dementia. None are methodologically sophisticated and all of them have flaws. But taken together, they offer a ...