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The Healing Power of Music

July 22, 2019 - 08:05 AM “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”~Plato George Moran, 39, a music teacher in Long Valley, N.J had a cardiac valve repaired at Morristown Memorial Hospital requiring his hea...

6 Ways Music Can Heal You

July 14, 2019 - 10:36 PM By Louise Jensen I love music enough to incorporate sound healing into my practice, and I see the joy it brings people every day. But, here are some things you may not know about the power in music: 1) When we listen to music our brain releases dopmaine which is a feel good chemical esse...

The Benefits of Studying with Music

June 07, 2019 - 06:48 PM Does Music Help You Study? With that highly detailed Biology exam just around the corner, you have been hitting the books with every spare second you have. During nightly, starlit studying sessions, you continuously trudge past midnight, and the hours multiply. What if there was a more be...

Ageing in harmony: why the third act of life should be musical

June 07, 2019 - 11:58 AM It’s never too late to pick up a musical instrument. In fact there are many reasons why it’s a great idea, particularly in old age. We normally hear about reasons to increase music education for children, and for good cause. There are many cognitive and social benefits to play...

Is there a link between music and happiness?

May 14, 2019 - 10:04 PM BY MOLLY EDMONDS Enjoying a musical like "West Side Story" or "Singin' in the Rain" requires believing that it's perfectly plausible for people to begin singing and dancing during moments of extreme emotion. Be it the highs and lows of teenage love in "Grease" or the determination of a plucky ...

How Music Activates Our Brain's Reward Center

April 08, 2019 - 07:00 AM Researchers found that reward prediction errors from music correlated with activity in the nucleus accumbens, a brain region that in previous studies has been shown to activate when the subject is experiencing musical pleasure. Credit: Ben Gold If you love it when a musician strikes that unexpected...

How can music help people who have Alzheimer's disease?

April 02, 2019 - 07:00 AM Research suggests that listening to or singing songs can provide emotional and behavioral benefits for people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. Musical memories are often preserved in Alzheimer's disease because key brain areas linked to musical memory are relatively undamaged by...

How music can help dementia patients recover some memory

March 26, 2019 - 07:00 AM ORLANDO, Fla. - Researchers found that music helps dementia patients recall emotions and memories. Alzheimers.net says by pairing music with everyday activities, patients can develop a rhythm to recall the memory of that activity, improving cognitive ability over time. A new case of deme...

Wounded warriors 'SOAR,' find strength through music therapy

March 19, 2019 - 07:00 AM FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- To many Soldiers, the acronym SOAR represents Special Operations Aviation Regiment. For Soldiers in the Wounded Transition Battalion it is the Sounds of Acoustic Recovery music program.In an eight-week program, Wounded Warriors learn the basic music theory of voice lessons, gui...

Music Therapy and Military Populations

March 14, 2019 - 10:27 PM The profession of music therapy is rooted in service to America’s service members and veterans. As a professional organization representing 6,000+ music therapists nationwide and in some thirty countries around the world, AMTA has a tradition and steadfast commitment to providing service membe...

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The Healing Power of Music

6 Ways Music Can Heal You

The Benefits of Studying with Music

Ageing in harmony: why the third act of life should be musical

Is there a link between music and happiness?

How Music Activates Our Brain's Reward Center

How can music help people who have Alzheimer's disease?

How music can help dementia patients recover some memory

Wounded warriors 'SOAR,' find strength through music therapy

Music Therapy and Military Populations

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