Music Can Help Retrain an Injured Brain
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January 14, 2014
"Music can help rewire the brain after a traumatic injury, stroke or accident. In all of us, our own playlist of personal favorites can help to:
Trigger memories. Think of jingles that remind you of a company’s name, or that song that always takes you back to your senior year of high school.
Promote learning. Next time you have a phone number or list of terms to remember, try putting it to music. Elicit emotions. The movie industry has long known how to use background music to heighten terrifying, tragic or exhilarating moments .
Provide motivation. Chores can become an entirely different experience when set to an energetic beat. Improve coordination. If you hear music while you’re walking, you can’t help but to walk to the beat. That’s a biological process called “entraining,” in which a rhythm and melody pull us into synchrony with them.
Reduce stress and pain. Calming music can entrain you to breathe deeply and the memories music elicits can remind you of happier, more peaceful times and places."
Source: Karen Weintraub, Music Can Help Retrain an Injured Brain, USA TODAY, Nov. 28, 2011, article, citing Concetta Tomaino, executive director of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function at the Beth Abraham Family of Health Services in New York.
"Music can help rewire the brain after a traumatic injury, stroke or accident. In all of us, our own playlist of personal favorites can help to:
Trigger memories. Think of jingles that remind you of a company’s name, or that song that always takes you back to your senior year of high school.
Promote learning. Next time you have a phone number or list of terms to remember, try putting it to music. Elicit emotions. The movie industry has long known how to use background music to heighten terrifying, tragic or exhilarating moments .
Provide motivation. Chores can become an entirely different experience when set to an energetic beat. Improve coordination. If you hear music while you’re walking, you can’t help but to walk to the beat. That’s a biological process called “entraining,” in which a rhythm and melody pull us into synchrony with them.
Reduce stress and pain. Calming music can entrain you to breathe deeply and the memories music elicits can remind you of happier, more peaceful times and places."
Source: Karen Weintraub, Music Can Help Retrain an Injured Brain, USA TODAY, Nov. 28, 2011, article, citing Concetta Tomaino, executive director of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function at the Beth Abraham Family of Health Services in New York.
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