Music, Brain, and Health: Exploring Biological Foundations of Music's Health Effects

Music, Health, and Wellbeing

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Altenmüller, Eckart ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Brain adaptation; Brain injury; Music therapy motor impairment; Music induced brain plasticity; Musical activity; Neurohormonal status; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871734541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586974.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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