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

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Abstract

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.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelMusic and Public Health : A Nordic Perspective
RedaktørerLars Ole Bonde, Töres Theorell
Antal sider15
ForlagSpringer
Publikationsdatomaj 2018
Sider85-99
Kapitel6
ISBN (Trykt)9783319762395
ISBN (Elektronisk)9783319762401
DOI
StatusUdgivet - maj 2018

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