There is an increasing incidence of dementia in our aging population, and consequently an
urgent need to develop treatments and activities that may alleviate the symptoms of …

The notion that memory for music can be preserved in patients with Alzheimer's Disease
(AD) has been raised by a number of case studies. In this paper, we review the current …

With the advent of modern cognitive neuroscience and new tools of studying the human
brain" live," music as a highly complex, temporally ordered and rule-based sensory …

Research shows that between birth and early adulthood the brain requires sensory
stimulation to develop physically. The nature of the stimulation shapes the connections …

Musical mnemonics have a long and diverse history of popular use. In addition, music
processing in general is often considered spared by the neurodegenerative effects of …

Despite intriguing and suggestive clinical observations, no formal research has assessed
the possible sparing of musical recognition and memory in Alzheimer's dementia (AD). A …

In striking contrast to the difficulties with new learning and episodic memories in aging and
especially in Alzheimer's disease (AD), musical long‐term memories appear to be largely …

NEUROLOGIC MUSIC THERAPY LAST CAME INTO research and clinical focus via
cognitive rehabilitation. New imaging techniques studying higher cognitive functions in the …

The main objective of this paper is to examine the impact of familiar music on self‐
consciousness (SC) in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). For this purpose, two AD …

The mere exposure effect (MEE) refers to increased liking for a stimulus that follows
repeated, unreinforced exposure to that stimulus. There have been more than 400 published …