Music and the Aging Brain

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-12-817422-7
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 750 g

Music and the Aging Brain describes brain functioning in aging and addresses the power of music to protect the brain from loss of function and 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, behavioral, and clinical science, the book explains brain organization and function. Written for those researching the brain and aging, the book provides solid examples of research fundamentals, including rigorous standards for sample selection, control groups, description of intervention activities, measures of health outcomes, statistical methods, and logically stated conclusions.

Zielgruppe

Clinicians, researchers, and students in neuroscience, gerontology, developmental psychology, cognitive psych, sociology, biology, and other related health care professions tasked with caring for the aging population

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cuddy, Lola

Belleville, Sylvie

Moussard, Aline

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Wachstum, Entwicklung, Altern
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Experimentelle Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The musical brain

Part 1 Effects of Aging on Music Processing 2. Processing of musical pitch, time, and emotion in older adults 3. Age-related hearing loss

Part 2 Disorders of Musical Perception and Memory 4. Disorders of music processing in dementia 5. Stroke and acquired amusia 6. "Curious� cases of preservation of music compositional ability in the presence of organic brain disease: historical examples

Part 3 The Power of Music as Neuroprotection in Normal Aging 7. Theories of cognitive aging: a look at potential benefits of music training on the aging brain 8. Training-induced cognitive and neural changes in musicians: implications for health aging 9. Singing and choirs 10. Effects on cognition of physical activity with or without music and of dance 11. Toward music-based auditory rehabilitation for older adults

Part 4 The Power of Music in Rehabilitation and Care in Disorderd Aging 12. Benefits and limits of musical interventions in pathological aging 13. Why do music-based interventions benefit persons with neurodegenerative disease? 14. Neurorehabilitation in aging through neurologic music therapy 15. The use of rhythm in rehabilitation for patients with movement disorders 16. The impact of music interventions on motor rehabilitation following stroke in elderly

Über Autor(innen)

Belleville, Sylvie
Sylvie Belleville is Full professor at the Psychology Department of University of Montreal and Director of the Research Center of the Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal. She is recognized for her work on the use of cognitive training to prevent age-related cognitive decline. She identified processes of compensation and plasticity in mild cognitive impairment using brain imaging techniques and also contributed to a better understanding of the neuropsychological deficits found in persons with very early signs of Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment. She published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging and Brain Plasticity.

Cuddy, Lola
Lola Cuddy is Full Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychology, Queen's University, where she founded and directed the Music Cognition Laboratory. Research interests include the perceptual, cognitive, and emotional processes involved in music appreciation and understanding. Recent work has focused on individual differences in musical and prosodic skills and sensitivities, and such topics as absolute pitch, tone deafness, effects of music lessons on nonmusical cognitive skills, musical dyslexia, aging and music, amusia following stroke, and sparing of musical memories in Alzheimer's Disease. She was editor of the flagship journal Music Perception (2002-2017) and is a current associate editor of Cognitive Processing.

Moussard, Aline
Aline Moussard is a neuropsychologist specialized in applied research related to the use of music as a tool for cognitive stimulation in healthy and clinical populations. She is also a project manager at the Research Center of the Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, and is currently coordinating a multisite research project on dementia prevention that uses cognitive training and stimulating leisure activities (including music practice) to build and strengthen cognitive reserve in healthy older adults.