Neurologic Music Therapy Improves Executive Function and Emotional Adjustment in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation

This study examined the immediate effects of neurologic music therapy (NMT) on cognitive functioning and emotional adjustment with brain‐injured persons. Four treatment sessions were held, during which participants were given a pre‐test, participated in 30 min of NMT that focused on one aspect of re...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2009-07, Vol.1169 (1), p.406-416
Main Authors: Thaut, Michael H., Gardiner, James C., Holmberg, Dawn, Horwitz, Javan, Kent, Luanne, Andrews, Garrett, Donelan, Beth, McIntosh, Gerald R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
attention
Attention - physiology
Brain Injuries - psychology
Brain Injuries - rehabilitation
Brain Injuries - therapy
brain injury
cognitive rehabilitation
emotional adjustment
Emotions - physiology
executive function
Female
Humans
Male
memory
Memory - physiology
Middle Aged
Music Therapy
neurologic music therapy
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Summary:This study examined the immediate effects of neurologic music therapy (NMT) on cognitive functioning and emotional adjustment with brain‐injured persons. Four treatment sessions were held, during which participants were given a pre‐test, participated in 30 min of NMT that focused on one aspect of rehabilitation (attention, memory, executive function, or emotional adjustment), which was followed by post‐testing. Control participants engaged in a pre‐test, 30 min of rest, and then a post‐test. Treatment participants showed improvement in executive function and overall emotional adjustment, and lessening of depression, sensation seeking, and anxiety. Control participants improved in emotional adjustment and lessening of hostility, but showed decreases in measures of memory, positive affect, and sensation seeking.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
1930-6547
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04585.x