A Creech

A Guzmán-García

A Moussard

AD Vanstone

B Fauvel

B Gingras

B Laeng

BR Zendel

C Alain

C Hurt

C Small

CN Clark

CY Wan

D Kahneman

E Goldberg

EA Zillmer

H Braak

HG Kuhn

HM Ridder

IH Robertson

J Palisson

J Verghese

JA Bugos

JH Jacobsen

KE Innes

KI Yamamoto

KL Hyde

KS Kverno

LF Gooding

M Didic

M Mather

M Sakamoto

MA Balbag

MA Daulatzai

N Herrmann

N Kraus

N Spiro

NR Simmons-Stern

O McDermott

PS Eriksson

RA Lanius

RC Hoffing

RM Zweig

RS Wilson

S Hallam

S Moreno

S Porat

SW Porges

T DeNora

T Kitwood

T Särkämö

T Wigram

Y Stern

Y Zhang

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Music is much more than a simple stimulus bringing individual pleasure; it also facilitates interpersonal synchrony. In this chapter professor of music therapy, Hanne Mette Ridder, brings together evidence from various disciplines to provide a new perspective on how music stimulates social engagement and learning, and further affects cognitive reserve and the way we age. Music and musical elements affect listeners differently but seem to regulate our body and brain at a much deeper level than we are aware of. When music touches and engages us, a release of the neurotransmitter Norepinephrine follows. This process involves the brain stem (more precisely the locus coeruleus) and a compensatory effect is observed. By engaging in music from early childhood, preventive mechanisms add to healthy aging and may even slow down the development of dementia symptoms, although it cannot prevent dementia. In addition, through musical interaction, meaningful expression of psychosocial needs may indirectly lead to a reduction of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. For the person with severe dementia, with sensory and cognitive decline, this offers a healthy means of remaining active, autonomous and integrated.Music is much more than a simple stimulus bringing individual pleasure; it also facilitates interpersonal synchrony. In this chapter, evidence from various disciplines is brought together to provide a new perspective on how music stimulates social engagement and learning and further affects cognitive reserve and the way we age. Music and musical elements affect listeners differently but seem to regulate our body and brain at a much deeper level than we are aware of. When music touches and engages us, a release of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine follows. This process involves the brain stem (more precisely the locus coeruleus), and a compensatory effect is observed. By engaging in music from early childhood, preventive mechanisms add to healthy aging and may even slow down the development of dementia symptoms, although it cannot prevent dementia. In addition, through musical interaction, meaningful expression of psychosocial needs may indirectly lead to a reduction of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. For the person with severe dementia, with sensory and cognitive decline, this offers a healthy means of remaining active, autonomous and integrated

Ridder, Hanne Mette Ochsner

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How music and social engagement provides healthy aging and prevents behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

Hanne Mette Ridder

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How music and social engagement provides healthy aging and prevents behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

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