Music’s Amazing Effect on Long-Term Memory and Mental Abilities In General

How much research does your doctor need to create a music protocol post-stroke? Or will this never occur until until your doctor dies and is replaced by someone with a curious/innovative mind? Or a robot?

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5. Why does music therapy work? The Science Behind the Music.

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12. Music listening enhances cognitive recovery and mood after middle cerebral artery stroke

13. Intensive musical therapy may help improve speech in stroke patients

http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/11/musics-amazing-effect-on-long-term-memory-and-mental-abilities-in-general.php?utm_source=PsyBlog
Dr Heekyeong Park, who led the study, said:

“Musically trained people are known to process linguistic materials a split second faster than those without training, and previous research also has shown musicians have advantages in working memory.
What we wanted to know is whether there are differences between pictorial and verbal tasks and whether any advantages extend to long-term memory.
If proven, those advantages could represent an intervention option to explore for people with cognitive challenges.”

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