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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: music therapy

music therapy stories: 2 news summaries

(Newser) - A new federal study may be music to the ears of stressed firefighters and bomb squads, the New Scientist reports. The Department of Homeland Security is trying to record their brain activity when alert or calm, translate it into music, and play it back to soothe their frayed nerves. But... More »

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brain • Department of Homeland Security • Federal government • music therapy

(Newser) - The Alzheimer’s patient had forgotten nearly everything, including his own name, but the sound of Frank Sinatra moved him to grab his wife and dance. The phenomenon demonstrates how deep-seated music is in the human brain, Sara Davidson writes for the New York Times’ New Old Age blog. “... More »

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elderly • dementia • aging • brain • physical therapy • brain damage • Alzheimer's Disease • music therapy

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