Music and the Aging Brain

Music and the Aging Brain describes brain functioning in aging and addresses the power of music to both protect the brain from loss of function in normal aging, as well as how to cope with the ravages of brain diseases that accompany aging. By studying the power of music in aging through the lens of neuroscience, behavioural, and clinical science, the book helps us to better understand brain organization and function.

Written for those pursuing research on the brain and aging, the book provides solid examples of research fundamentals, such as rigorous standards for sample selection, control groups, description of intervention activities, measures of health outcomes, statistical methods, and logically stated conclusions

Summarizes brain structures supporting music perception and cognitionExamines and explains music as neuroprotective in normal agingAddresses the association of hearing loss to dementiaPromotes a neurological approach for research in music as therapyProposes questions for future research in music and aging

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0128174226
• ISBN13: 9780128174227
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 425 Pages