Evidence supports tailored use of music therapy for brain rehabilitation, though risks remain for some patients.

Have you ever played a song and instantly started to feel better? Well, there's power in music and chances are, it impacts you more than you know. In a previous interview, neuroscientist Yewande ...

Emily Bachert plays guitar during a music therapy session with Bob Lominska. Lominska's wife, Joy Lominska, is at left. Soft southern light pours through the window as Bob Lominska sits at one end of ...

Music therapy is a form of treatment that uses music within the therapeutic relationship to help accomplish the patient’s individualized goals. This evidence-based approach involves techniques such as ...

Based in Tampa, Florida, Virginia Pelley is a former women's magazine editor who has written health and fitness content for Men's Journal, Cosmopolitan magazine, the Chicago Tribune, ...

Music therapy involves using a person’s responses and connections to music to encourage positive changes in mood and overall well-being. It can decrease anxiety and improve self-esteem. Music has ...

Stroke patients who struggle to communicate may regain their abilities by singing in a choir, a new study suggests. Music therapy is not a new concept, but the use of singing – particularly choral ...

Music is a powerful force that evokes strong emotions, brings back heartwarming memories, and provides a way to express yourself. With this type of impact, it’s not surprising that music can be an ...

This summer, the Aphasia Communication Enhancement (ACE) Clinic and Music Therapy at Western Michigan University are collaborating in the ACE clinic to deliver an innovative, integrative approach that ...

Language function and the psychosocial wellbeing of patients and their families can be promoted with singing-based rehabilitation. Group intervention provides opportunities for peer support while ...

Grief has always inspired songwriters. Popular songs including Let Me Go, by Gary Barlow, Eric Clapton’s Tears in Heaven and The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics, were all written as a way of ...

Approximately 40% of stroke survivors experience aphasia, a difficulty with comprehending or producing spoken or written language caused by a cerebrovascular accident. In half of these cases the ...