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Can Music Improve Memory?
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 Whether the music was familiar or new didn't seem to matter, the researchers say.
The music probably aroused the participants and helped them focus, the researchers say. Findings are being presented today at a London conference of the British Psychological Society.
"This study is interesting in the sense that it may make it easier to take care of patients with dementia, knowing that music may facilitate getting patients' attention and calming them down," says Dr. Sophia Sharfstein, a clinical assistant professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and head of the stroke and cerebral vascular disorders section at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y.
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Dementia is partly caused by the destruction of synapses, and Sharfstein says music may help reform lost connections.
What to Do
If you're going to interview someone with dementia, Valentine says background music probably would be a good idea.
To learn more about how music can help people, visit the American Music Therapy Association online. To read more on how it's being used to ease Alzheimer's symptoms, visit dr.koop.com.
Or, you might want to read previous HealthScout articles on music.
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"It may make it easier to take care of patients with dementia, knowing that music may facilitate getting patients' attention and calming them down."-- Dr. Sophia Sharfstein, State University of New York at Stony Brook
SOURCES: Interviews with Elizabeth Valentine, Ph.D., reader in psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London; Nicholas Foster, Ph.D., psychologist, University of London, London; Sophia Sharfstein, M.D., clinical assistant professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook, N.Y., and head, stroke and cerebral vascular disorders section, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, N.Y.
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