TY - JOUR
AU - Lagasse, Blythe
AB - Music, Neuroscience, and Communication: Introduction to the Focus Area BLYTHE LAGASSE, PhD, MT-BC Associate Professor of Music Therapy GUEST EDITOR Colorado State University In 2013, Shannon de l’Etoile and I  guest-edited a special to provide readers with basic information about the neurosci- issue of Music Therapy Perspectives that was focused on the ence of communication and acquired communication disor- neuroscience of sensorimotor applications in music therapy. ders in order to better inform treatment. The May 2013 issue presented an overview of music and the The second article, written by Jeanette Tamplin and Felicity brain by renowned cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin, and Baker, presents clinical protocols and related research for several authors presented the importance of rhythm for timing speech rehabilitation. The authors begin by discussing the of motor movement (Grahn & Watson, 2013; Thaut, 2013). connection between singing and speech and then present a This provided a foundation for considering the impact of review of literature focused on music-based clinical inter- music and rhythm on motor movements. Furthermore, music ventions for the treatment of speech disorders. They further therapy clinicians presented considerations for music therapy present literature focused on specific disorders and difficul- applications addressing sensorimotor skills in rehabilitation ties, 
TI - Music, Neuroscience, and Communication: Introduction to the Focus Area
JO - Music Therapy Perspectives
DO - 10.1093/mtp/mix013
DA - 2017-11-13
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/music-neuroscience-and-communication-introduction-to-the-focus-area-3E8FJuQzl4
SP - 105
EP - 106
VL - 35
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -