François Clément|Jennifer Grau-Sánchez|Esther Duarte|Antoni Rodríguez?Fornells
Musical training as an alternative and effective method for neuro-education and neuro-rehabilitation
Universitat de Barcelona|Universitat de Barcelona|Hospital de l'Esperança|Parc de Salut|Universitat de Barcelona
last decade important advances field cognitive science psychology neuroscience largely contributed improve knowledge brain functioning recently line research developed aims using musical training practice alternative tools boosting specific perceptual motor cognitive emotional skills healthy population neurologic patients findings great hope better treatment languagebased learning disorders motor impairment chronic noncommunicative diseases first part review highlight several studies showing learning play musical instrument induce substantial neuroplastic changes cortical subcortical regions motor auditory speech processing networks healthy population second part provide overview evidence showing musical training alternative lowcost effective method treatment languagebased learning impaired populations report results studies showing training musical instruments positive effects motor emotional cognitive deficits observed patients noncommunicable diseases stroke parkinson disease despite inherent differences musical training educational rehabilitation contexts results favor idea structural multimodal emotional properties musical training play important role developing new creative costeffective intervention programs education rehabilitation next future