Neurocognitive Music Therapy: Intersecting Music, Medicine and Technology for Health and Well-Being

Music has been used for thousands of years to evoke emotions, facilitate communication, and nurture well-being. With the advent of new neuroimaging technology, we are gaining new knowledge about how music can improve cognitive, social, overt, and agitated behaviors. This book provides an overview of neurocognitive music therapy, its impact, and implications in the practice of evidence-based music interventions. It covers topics such as musical engagement for individuals with motor disabilities, enhancing emotional processing in autism, stroke rehabilitation, musical neurofeedback for emotional disorders, emotional modulation with music therapy in palliative care, and AI-driven personalisation in music interventions. The book highlights the profound capacity of music-based interventions to facilitate cognitive and emotional processing, enhance communication, and promote motor rehabilitation, and how modern technologies offer new opportunities to evaluate, validate, and potentiate music-based interventions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 92 pages
Publication date: 07 December 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

For countless generations, music has served as a potent conduit for eliciting emotions, facilitating communication, and fostering holistic well-being. The emergence of cutting-edge neuroimaging technology has unveiled a fresh perspective on human responses to music, paving the way for groundbreaking discoveries regarding the profound impact of music on cognitive, social, overt, and agitated behaviors. The primary objective of this comprehensive book is to offer a comprehensive overview of neurocognitive music therapy, its profound effects, and the far-reaching implications in the realm of evidence-based music interventions. The book aims to serve as a valuable resource for researchers, psychologists, music therapists, musicians, and physicians passionate about exploring the therapeutic applications of music. Structured into several chapters, each presenting peer-reviewed research and evidence-based procedures conducted within specific clinical contexts, the book delves into a range of topics. These include:

• Musical engagement for individuals with motor disabilities
• Enhancing emotional processing in autism through music
• Stroke rehabilitation via musical interventions
• Musical neurofeedback for emotional disorders
• Emotional modulation with music therapy in palliative care
• AI-driven personalisation in music interventions

Within these chapters, readers will discover the remarkable capacity of music-based interventions to facilitate cognitive and emotional processing, enhance communication, and promote motor rehabilitation. Moreover, the book underscores how modern technologies provide new avenues for evaluating, validating, and amplifying the effects of music-based interventions, opening up a realm of exciting possibilities and fostering unparalleled personalisation. By delving into the intricate interplay between music and the brain, this book offers a profound testament to the transformative power of music in shaping our lives and well-being.

Weight: 322g
Dimension: 164 x 241 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031486340
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023