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Music and the Aging Brain
Delivers comprehensive reference material synthesizing the research intersection between the brain, aging, and music from a neuroscientific perspective
Lola Cuddy (Edited by), Sylvie Belleville (Edited by), Aline Moussard (Edited by)
9780128174227, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 28 May 2020
474 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.75 kg
"Bringing together numerous experts, the book presents thoroughly what we currently know about music in the aging brain: From fundamental research on basic functioning and potential disorders in the elderly to applied research on music’s boosting power in normal and pathological aging. A complete approach." --Barbara Tillmann, CNRS Research Director, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, France "Recent years have seen a great deal of progress in understanding both the mental processes associated with aging, and those related to music. Cuddy, Belleville, and Moussard are top experts in the domains of aging, music, and neurocognition. By applying careful scientific analysis and detailed review, their new edited volume promises to shed light on the intersection of these complex fields that offer both hope and controversy." --Robert J. Zatorre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada "We hear many stories about "the healing power of music." Is there something to them? It's nice to imagine that such a pleasurable pastime can be neuroprotective and immune-protective…well, where's the evidence? Music and the Aging Brain is the book I wish I had written—and it's far better than anything I could have done. Cuddy, et al. bring together the top scientists in the world to tell us the state-of-the-art in music and aging research. There is much to be optimistic about. This book will stand as the bible for music and aging research and interventions for many, many years to come." --Daniel J. Levitin, James McGill Professor of Neuroscience and Music (Emeritus), McGill University; author of This Is Your Brain on Music and Successful Aging
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.
1. The musical brain Part 1 Effects of Aging on Music Processing 2. Processing of musical pitch, time, and emotion in older adults 3. Age-related hearing loss Part 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 examples Part 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 adults Part 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
Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Experimental psychology [JML]
