Research Exercise #3

Raglio, Alfredo, Giuseppe Bellelli, Daniela Traficante, Marta Gianotti, Maria Chiara Ubezio, bbbbbiDaniele Villani, and Marco Trabucchi. “Efficacy of music therapy in the treatment of and psychiatric symptoms of dementia.” Alzheimer Disease & Associated bbbbbiDisorders 22, no. 2 (2008): 158-162.

 

This source reports how music therapy affects the behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of dementia and detached observation. *Abstract, “Music therapy (MT) has been proposed as valid approach for behavioral and psychologic symptoms (BPSD) of dementia. However, studies demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach are lacking” (Raglio). Raglio uses music therapy in his research by using subjects with dementia to see if the music input affects the subjects symptoms of dementia. This research asks the question of can musical therapy reduce BPSD in subjects with dementia. Raglio used an experiment and observed acts, behaviors, and events to get the data accounts of if the music therapy reduced BPSD. Musical therapy in this research opened my eyes to really how much it affects the behavior of people. I Dementia is extremely powerful and if music can reduce BPSD in dementia subjects, then I know that if I choose my music properly that there is a good possibility that the results could be astounding. Then with that there is also the possibility of my music choice doing the opposite. Reviewing this research gave me the idea of instead of using tempo, using major and minor chords because those may affect mood and behavior more than tempo. What I think that others will find interesting with this source is the same thing that I found interesting as well. That music has the power to reach deep parts of your brain without you even knowing it, and we have that whole strength of music at the tips of our fingers.

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