'Singing for the Brain': Reflections on the human capacity for music arising from a pilot study of group singing with Alzheimer's patients

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Bannan, Nicholas ^a   Montgomery Smith, Chreanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Arts; Group activity; Learning; Singing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MUSIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGING; VIDEORECORDING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MUSIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 39549098863     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466424007087807     Document Type: Article

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