Boundaries and potentials of traditional and alternative neuroscience research methods in music therapy research

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue June, 2015, Pages

  Hunt, Andrea M ^a  

^a IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Music therapy; Neuroscience methods; Opinion; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; CONTEXTUAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGICAL RESTRICTION; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PARAMETERS; SUBJECTIVE FACTOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84935855251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00342     Document Type: Article

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