A ‘Music, Mind and Movement’ Program for People With Dementia: Initial Evidence of Improved Cognition

Frontiers in Psychology

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Olivia Brancatisano¹  Amee Baird¹  William Forde Thompson¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University;Centre for Scaffolding the Ageing Mind, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University

关键词: music;    movement;    dementia;    cognition;    fluency;    attention;    therapeutic;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01435

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background Music is being increasingly used as a therapeutic tool for people with dementia. Research has uncovered several qualities of music that are responsible for its beneficial effects. Based on the identification of seven therapeutic capacities of music, we devised the Music, Mind, and Movement (MMM) program and evaluated whether it had therapeutic benefit for people with dementia (various types) in the areas of cognition, mood, identity, and motor fluency.

【 授权许可】

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