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Dreyer P, Thorn L, Lund TH, Bro ML. Live music in the intensive care unit - a beautiful experience. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being 2024; 19:2322755. [PMID: 38422091 PMCID: PMC10906112 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2322755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The growing number of lightly or non-sedated patients who are critically ill means that more patients experience the noisy and stressful environment. Live music may create positive and meaningful moments. PURPOSE To explore non-sedated patients' experiences of patient-tailored live music interventions in the intensive care unit. DESIGN A qualitative study using a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach. Data were collected at two intensive care units from September 2019 to February 2020 exploring 18 live music interventions performed by music students from The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark. METHODS Observations of live music interventions followed by patient interviews. All data together were analysed using Ricoeur's theory of interpretation. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist was used. RESULTS Five themes emerged: 1) A break from everyday life, 2) A room with beautiful sounds and emotions, 3) Too tired to participate, 4) Knowing the music makes it meaningful and 5) A calm and beautiful moment. CONCLUSION Patient-tailored live music to awake patients is both feasible and acceptable and perceived as a break from every-day life in the ICU. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Supporting health and well-being by bringing a humanizing resource into the intensive care setting for patients and nurses to enjoy.
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- Pia Dreyer
- Department of Public Health, Department of Science in Nursing, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Piano Department and Music & Health Programme, The Danish National Academy of Music, Esbjerg, Denmark
- Department of Artistic Research, The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus and Aalborg, Denmark
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Ruth AA. Striking a (vocal) chord: musical instruments as mnemonic devices when teaching the functional anatomy of the larynx. Adv Physiol Educ 2024; 48:284-287. [PMID: 38357716 DOI: 10.1152/advan.00070.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Mnemonic devices are memory aids that make it easier to recall information and are widely used by students studying anatomy and physiology. Simple musical instruments and toys can serve as mnemonic devices for students learning the functional anatomy of the larynx: balloons can help learners understand and recall how sound is produced; tuning pegs can help learners understand how tension affects vocal pitch; fingers on a fretboard can help learners understand how pitch is further modulated; and a common coach's whistle can demonstrate how vocal volume is controlled. Using instruments and toys engages adult learners and helps them connect complex laryngeal anatomy with previous experiences.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Musical instruments and toys can be used as mnemonic devices to help students recall and understand the functional anatomy of voice production. The mnemonics can be implemented in a variety of classrooms and are flexible and engaging.
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- Aidan A Ruth
- Center for Anatomical Science and Education, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Orchard AR, Sitoh J, Wyatt A, Moore M. Music in medical education: A critical interpretive synthesis. Med Educ 2024; 58:507-522. [PMID: 38149320 DOI: 10.1111/medu.15255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION While many have championed the value of music in medical education, research specific to how and why music has been offered in medical education is sparse and there have been few attempts to synthesise the literature. METHODS A Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS) of 56 texts including published articles, correspondence, abstracts and one thesis published between 1977 and 2022 was undertaken to explore the evidence basis for offering music in medical education. RESULTS A total of 52 music-focused programmes/activities were described, encompassing both curricular and extra-curricular, receptive and participatory music activities and a wide range of musical genres. Inductive analysis of data extracted from texts revealed a variety of rationales for the use of music in medical education, which could be grouped within seven interrelated themes: well-being; supportive learning environment; affective engagement; teaching and learning; developing skills for clinical practice; humanism in medicine; and creative expression (identity). DISCUSSION The results of this synthesis demonstrate that there remains a gap between what is claimed about the affordances of music and what has been explicitly addressed in medical education research. Despite a paucity of research in this area, the available data support that the affordances of music are 'multiple' and may not be well represented by linear models. Evidence that engagement with music is beneficial for medical students is strongest in relation to the affordances of music for well-being, facilitating a supportive learning environment, affective engagement, memorisation and creative expression (identity). That engagement with music might enhance humanism, including developing skills for clinical practice, requires further investigation. Accounting for student agency and the 'multiple' affordances of music will ensure that future teaching and research are best positioned to benefit medical students' well-being and personal and professional development.
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- Alice Rae Orchard
- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Liu J, Yang SL, Rao TT. The Social Inequality of Music: University Students from a Higher Social Class Are More Likely to Build Relationships and Feel Happiness Through Music. J Youth Adolesc 2024; 53:1258-1270. [PMID: 38446287 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-024-01960-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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The relationship between young people's music use and well-being has gained extensive interest in recent years. The relationship-building function of music is one of its most important functions. While many studies have documented the positive effects of this function, there is a lack of research discussing this topic from the perspective of social stratification. This study sampled 691(63.8% male, M age = 19.43, SD = 1.42) Chinese university students to examine the social class differences among university students in acquiring well-being through the relationship-building function of music. The results revealed that university students from a higher social class are more likely to acquire well-being through the relationship-building function of music. In addition, interdependent self-construal plays a moderating role in the mediating model. The mediating effect was only significant when university students have a higher level of interdependent self-construal. These results indicated social class differences among university students in the building of relationships with music, underscoring the need for future research and interventions to address social inequality in the context of music's functions.
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- Junfeng Liu
- Music Education Centre, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Social Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
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- Department of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Susan B Fowler
- Author Affiliation: Contributing Faculty, Walden University, Minneapolis MN, and Thomas Edison State University, Trenton NJ
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Hashim S, Küssner MB, Weinreich A, Omigie D. The neuro-oscillatory profiles of static and dynamic music-induced visual imagery. Int J Psychophysiol 2024; 199:112309. [PMID: 38242363 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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Visual imagery, i.e., seeing in the absence of the corresponding retinal input, has been linked to visual and motor processing areas of the brain. Music listening provides an ideal vehicle for exploring the neural correlates of visual imagery because it has been shown to reliably induce a broad variety of content, ranging from abstract shapes to dynamic scenes. Forty-two participants listened with closed eyes to twenty-four excerpts of music, while a 15-channel EEG was recorded, and, after each excerpt, rated the extent to which they experienced static and dynamic visual imagery. Our results show both static and dynamic imagery to be associated with posterior alpha suppression (especially in lower alpha) early in the onset of music listening, while static imagery was associated with an additional alpha enhancement later in the listening experience. With regard to the beta band, our results demonstrate beta enhancement to static imagery, but first beta suppression before enhancement in response to dynamic imagery. We also observed a positive association, early in the listening experience, between gamma power and dynamic imagery ratings that was not present for static imagery ratings. Finally, we offer evidence that musical training may selectively drive effects found with respect to static and dynamic imagery and alpha, beta, and gamma band oscillations. Taken together, our results show the promise of using music listening as an effective stimulus for examining the neural correlates of visual imagery and its contents. Our study also highlights the relevance of future work seeking to study the temporal dynamics of music-induced visual imagery.
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- Sarah Hashim
- Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom; Department of Musicology and Media Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, BSP Business & Law School Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom
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Bentley D, Durà-Vilà G. Narrative Matters: Gustav Mahler - music as a source of meaning and healing in the face of adversity and inequality. Child Adolesc Ment Health 2024; 29:214-216. [PMID: 38494196 DOI: 10.1111/camh.12710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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- Surrey and Borders NHS Trust, University College London, London, UK
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Spiech C, Danielsen A, Laeng B, Endestad T. Oscillatory attention in groove. Cortex 2024; 174:137-148. [PMID: 38547812 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2024.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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Attention is not constant but rather fluctuates over time and these attentional fluctuations may prioritize the processing of certain events over others. In music listening, the pleasurable urge to move to music (termed 'groove' by music psychologists) offers a particularly convenient case study of oscillatory attention because it engenders synchronous and oscillatory movements which also vary predictably with stimulus complexity. In this study, we simultaneously recorded pupillometry and scalp electroencephalography (EEG) from participants while they listened to drumbeats of varying complexity that they rated in terms of groove afterwards. Using the intertrial phase coherence of the beat frequency, we found that while subjects were listening, their pupil activity became entrained to the beat of the drumbeats and this entrained attention persisted in the EEG even as subjects imagined the drumbeats continuing through subsequent silent periods. This entrainment in both the pupillometry and EEG worsened with increasing rhythmic complexity, indicating poorer sensory precision as the beat became more obscured. Additionally, sustained pupil dilations revealed the expected, inverted U-shaped relationship between rhythmic complexity and groove ratings. Taken together, this work bridges oscillatory attention to rhythmic complexity in relation to musical groove.
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- Connor Spiech
- RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.
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- RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, Norway
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- RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway
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- RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, University of Oslo, Norway; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway
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Schruth DM, Templeton CN, Holman DJ, Smith EA. The origins of musicality in the motion of primates. Am J Biol Anthropol 2024; 184:e24891. [PMID: 38180286 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Animals communicate acoustically to report location, identity, and emotive state to conspecifics. Acoustic signals can also function as displays to potential mates and as territorial advertisement. Music and song are terms often reserved only for humans and birds, but elements of both forms of acoustic display are also found in non-human primates. While culture, bonding, and side-effects all factor into the emergence of musicality, biophysical insights into what might be signaled by specific acoustic features are less well understood. OBJECTIVES Here we probe the origins of musicality by evaluating the links between musical features (structural complexity, rhythm, interval, and tone) and a variety of potential ecological drivers of its evolution across primate species. Alongside other hypothesized causes (e.g. territoriality, sexual selection), we evaluated the hypothesis that perilous arboreal locomotion might favor musical calling in primates as a signal of capacities underlying spatio-temporal precision in motor tasks. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used musical features found in spectrographs of vocalizations of 58 primate species and corresponding measures of locomotion, diet, ranging, and mating. Leveraging phylogenetic information helped us impute missing data and control for relatedness of species while selecting among candidate multivariate regression models. RESULTS Results indicated that rapid inter-substrate arboreal locomotion is highly correlated with several metrics of music-like signaling. Diet, alongside mate-choice and range size, emerged as factors that also correlated with complex calling patterns. DISCUSSION These results support the hypothesis that musical calling may function as a signal, to neighbors or potential mates, of accuracy in landing on relatively narrow targets.
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- David M Schruth
- Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Stegenga K, Henley AK, Harman E, Robb SL. Shifting perspectives and transformative change: Parent perspectives of an active music engagement intervention for themselves and their child with cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2024; 71:e30913. [PMID: 38337169 PMCID: PMC10959685 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Children with cancer (ages 3-8 years) and their parents experience significant, interrelated distress associated with cancer treatment. Active music engagement (AME) uses music-based play and shared music-making to mitigate this distress. To advance our understanding about how AME works and its essential features, we interviewed parents who received the AME intervention as part of a multi-site mechanistic trial. The purpose of this qualitative analysis was to describe parents' experiences of AME for themselves and their child and to better understand how the intervention worked to lower parent-child distress. PROCEDURE We conducted a total of 43 interviews with parents/caregivers, and purposively analyzed all interviews from underrepresented groups based on race/ethnicity and parent role. We used thematic analysis and achieved thematic redundancy after analyzing 28 interviews. RESULTS The following statement summarizes resulting themes: Music therapists skillfully use AME to create a safe and healthy space (Theme 1), where parents/children have transformative experiences (Theme 2) that lead to learning and enactment (Theme 3) of new skills that counteract suffering (Theme 4) through empowerment, connectedness, and sustained relief. CONCLUSIONS This work elucidates how AME works to counteract stressful qualities of cancer treatment. As parents witnessed positive and transformative changes in their child, they experienced relief and reported shifts in their perspective about cancer treatment. This led to learning and use of music as a coping strategy that extended beyond therapist-led sessions. Accessible, music-based interventions, like AME, offer a developmentally appropriate and effective way to support parents and young children during treatment.
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- Kristin Stegenga
- Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT, Kansas City, MO
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- Indiana University, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana University, School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN
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Park J, Choi Y, Lee KM. Research Trends in Virtual Reality Music Concert Technology: A Systematic Literature Review. IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph 2024; 30:2195-2205. [PMID: 38437121 DOI: 10.1109/tvcg.2024.3372069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Advances in virtual reality (VR) technology have sparked novel avenues of growth in the musical domain. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of VR technology has led to growing interest in VR music concerts as an alternative to traditional live concerts. These virtual settings can provide immersion like attending real concerts for physically distant audiences and performers, and also can offer new creative possibilities. VR music concert research is still in its infancy, and advances in technologies such as multimodal devices are rapidly expanding the diversity of research, requiring a unified understanding of the field. To identify trends in VR music concert technology, we conducted a PRISMA-based systematic literature review covering the period from 2018 to 2023. After a thorough screening process, a total of 27 papers were selected for review. The studies were classified and analyzed based on the research topic (audience, performer, concert venue), interaction type (user-environment, user-user), and hardware used (head-mounted display, additional hardware). Furthermore, we categorized the evaluation metrics into user experience, usability, and performance. Our review contributes to advancing the understanding of recent developments in VR music concert technology, shedding light on the diversification and potential of this emerging field.
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Yılmaz Sezer N, Aker MN, Yücel A, Çalışıcı D. The effect of virtual reality and music on anxiety, non-stress test parameters, and satisfaction of high-risk pregnant women undergoing non-stress tests: Randomized controlled trial. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2024; 296:52-58. [PMID: 38394716 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Prenatal tests cause high-risk pregnant women to experience high anxiety levels. AIM This paper investigated the effect of Virtual Reality (VR) and music on anxiety, non-stress test parameters, and satisfaction of high-risk pregnant women undergoing non-stress tests (NSTs). METHODS This was a randomized controlled trial. The sample consisted of 102 participants randomized into three groups (VR = 34, music = 34, and control = 34). Maternal anxiety was assessed using the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-S (STAI-S) before and after NSTs. Satisfaction was evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) after NSTs. NST parameters were evaluated after NSTs. The findings were reported based on the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT). RESULTS The VR and music groups had significantly lower mean posttest STAI-S scores than the control group (p <.05). There was no significant difference in NST findings (reactive/nonreactive) between the groups (p >.05). The VR group had a significantly shorter reactive NST duration than the control group (p <.05). The VR and music groups had significantly higher mean VAS-satisfaction scores than the control group (p <.05) CONCLUSION: Virtual reality and music during NSTs help high-risk pregnant women experience less anxiety and satisfy them more with the procedure. We recommend that obstetric midwives and nurses use these low-cost, simple, and noninvasive methods to reduce anxiety in high-risk pregnant women during prenatal testing.
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- University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Wahr JA, Abernathy JH. Too loud to hear myself think: deleterious effects of noise in the operating room. Br J Anaesth 2024; 132:840-842. [PMID: 38448271 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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Noise is part of daily life in the operating room, and too often is viewed as a necessary evil. However, much of the noise in operating rooms (ORs) is unnecessary, such as extraneous conversations and music, and could be reduced. At the least, noise is known to increase staff stress and to hamper effective communication; at the worst, it adversely affects patient outcomes. Every member of the OR team should be cognisant of this and work to reduce unnecessary noise.
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- Joyce A Wahr
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Zanto TP, Giannakopoulou A, Gallen CL, Ostrand AE, Younger JW, Anguera-Singla R, Anguera JA, Gazzaley A. Digital rhythm training improves reading fluency in children. Dev Sci 2024; 27:e13473. [PMID: 38193394 DOI: 10.1111/desc.13473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Musical instrument training has been linked to improved academic and cognitive abilities in children, but it remains unclear why this occurs. Moreover, access to instrument training is not always feasible, thereby leaving less fortunate children without opportunity to benefit from such training. Although music-based video games may be more accessible to a broader population, research is lacking regarding their benefits on academic and cognitive performance. To address this gap, we assessed a custom-designed, digital rhythm training game as a proxy for instrument training to evaluate its ability to engender benefits in math and reading abilities. Furthermore, we tested for changes in core cognitive functions related to math and reading to inform how rhythm training may facilitate improved academic abilities. Classrooms of 8-9 year old children were randomized to receive either 6 weeks of rhythm training (N = 32) or classroom instruction as usual (control; N = 21). Compared to the control group, results showed that rhythm training improved reading, but not math, fluency. Assessments of cognition showed that rhythm training also led to improved rhythmic timing and language-based executive function (Stroop task), but not sustained attention, inhibitory control, or working memory. Interestingly, only the improvements in rhythmic timing correlated with improvements in reading ability. Together, these results provide novel evidence that a digital platform may serve as a proxy for musical instrument training to facilitate reading fluency in children, and that such reading improvements are related to enhanced rhythmic timing ability and not other cognitive functions associated with reading performance. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: Digital rhythm training in the classroom can improve reading fluency in 8-9 year old children Improvements in reading fluency were positively correlated with enhanced rhythmic timing ability Alterations in reading fluency were not predicted by changes in other executive functions that support reading A digital platform may be a convenient and cost-effective means to provide musical rhythm training, which in turn, can facilitate academic skills.
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- Theodore P Zanto
- Department of Neurology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Neuroscape, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Neuroscape, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Neuroscape, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Neuroscape, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Neuroscape, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Neuroscape, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Neuroscape, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Physiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Jacobs S, Izzetoglu M, Holtzer R. The impact of music making on neural efficiency & dual-task walking performance in healthy older adults. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 2024; 31:438-456. [PMID: 36999570 PMCID: PMC10544664 DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2023.2195615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
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Music making is linked to improved cognition and related neuroanatomical changes in children and adults; however, this has been relatively under-studied in aging. The purpose of this study was to assess neural, cognitive, and physical correlates of music making in aging using a dual-task walking (DTW) paradigm. Study participants (N = 415) were healthy adults aged 65 years or older, including musicians (n = 70) who were identified by current weekly engagement in musical activity. A DTW paradigm consisting of single- and dual-task conditions, as well as portable neuroimaging (functional near-infrared spectroscopy), was administered. Outcome measures included neural activation in the prefrontal cortex assessed across task conditions by recording changes in oxygenated hemoglobin, cognitive performance, and gait velocity. Linear mixed effects models examined the impact of music making on outcome measures in addition to moderating their change between task conditions. Across participants (53.3% women; 76 ± 6.55 years), neural activation increased from single- to dual-task conditions (p < 0.001); however, musicians demonstrated attenuated activation between a single cognitive interference task and dual-task walking (p = 0.014). Musicians also displayed significantly smaller decline in behavioral performance (p < 0.001) from single- to dual-task conditions and faster gait overall (p = 0.014). Given evidence of lower prefrontal cortex activation in the context of similar or improved behavioral performance, results indicate the presence of enhanced neural efficiency in older adult musicians. Furthermore, improved dual-task performance in older adult musicians was observed. Results have important clinical implications for healthy aging, as executive functioning plays an essential role in maintaining functional ability in older adulthood.
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- Sydney Jacobs
- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA
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- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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Tseng HC, Hsieh IH. Effects of absolute pitch on brain activation and functional connectivity during hearing-in-noise perception. Cortex 2024; 174:1-18. [PMID: 38484435 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2024.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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Hearing-in-noise (HIN) ability is crucial in speech and music communication. Recent evidence suggests that absolute pitch (AP), the ability to identify isolated musical notes, is associated with HIN benefits. A theoretical account postulates a link between AP ability and neural network indices of segregation. However, how AP ability modulates the brain activation and functional connectivity underlying HIN perception remains unclear. Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to contrast brain responses among a sample (n = 45) comprising 15 AP musicians, 15 non-AP musicians, and 15 non-musicians in perceiving Mandarin speech and melody targets under varying signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs: No-Noise, 0, -9 dB). Results reveal that AP musicians exhibited increased activation in auditory and superior frontal regions across both HIN domains (music and speech), irrespective of noise levels. Notably, substantially higher sensorimotor activation was found in AP musicians when the target was music compared to speech. Furthermore, we examined AP effects on neural connectivity using psychophysiological interaction analysis with the auditory cortex as the seed region. AP musicians showed decreased functional connectivity with the sensorimotor and middle frontal gyrus compared to non-AP musicians. Crucially, AP differentially affected connectivity with parietal and frontal brain regions depending on the HIN domain being music or speech. These findings suggest that AP plays a critical role in HIN perception, manifested by increased activation and functional independence between auditory and sensorimotor regions for perceiving music and speech streams.
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- Hung-Chen Tseng
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; Cognitive Intelligence and Precision Healthcare Center, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
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Catellani I, Arcuri P, Vita F, Platano D, Boccolari P, Lanfranchi E, Fairplay T, Tedeschi R. An overview of rehabilitation approaches for focal hand dystonia in musicians: A scoping review. Clin Rehabil 2024; 38:589-599. [PMID: 38238941 DOI: 10.1177/02692155231225705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To provide a comprehensive overview of rehabilitation treatment strategies for focal hand dystonia (FHD) in musicians, examining their evolution and effectiveness. DATA SOURCES A systematic search of five databases, PubMed, PEDro, Cochrane Library, Trip, and Google Scholar, to identify relevant articles on FHD rehabilitation. The last search was performed on 20 December 2023. METHODS Inclusion criteria were applied to 190 initially identified articles, resulting in 17 articles for review. Exclusions were made for duplicates, irrelevant titles, abstracts, and non-rehabilitation interventions. RESULTS Ten different rehabilitation approaches were identified over 20 years. While no definitive intervention protocol exists, a multimodal approach is commonly recommended. CONCLUSIONS This scoping review underscores the diversity of rehabilitation strategies for FHD. It suggests the potential of multimodal approaches, emphasizing the need for further large-scale clinical efficacy studies.
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- Ilaria Catellani
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Hand Rehabilitation Unit, Policlinico of Modena, Via Del Pozzo, Modena, Italy
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Health Science "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, "Cardarelli Hospital", Campobasso, Italy
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- Studio Fairplay - Arcuri Functional Rehabilitation of the Upper Extremity, Private Practice, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Bruder C, Poeppel D, Larrouy-Maestri P. Perceptual (but not acoustic) features predict singing voice preferences. Sci Rep 2024; 14:8977. [PMID: 38637516 PMCID: PMC11026466 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58924-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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Why do we prefer some singers to others? We investigated how much singing voice preferences can be traced back to objective features of the stimuli. To do so, we asked participants to rate short excerpts of singing performances in terms of how much they liked them as well as in terms of 10 perceptual attributes (e.g.: pitch accuracy, tempo, breathiness). We modeled liking ratings based on these perceptual ratings, as well as based on acoustic features and low-level features derived from Music Information Retrieval (MIR). Mean liking ratings for each stimulus were highly correlated between Experiments 1 (online, US-based participants) and 2 (in the lab, German participants), suggesting a role for attributes of the stimuli in grounding average preferences. We show that acoustic and MIR features barely explain any variance in liking ratings; in contrast, perceptual features of the voices achieved around 43% of prediction. Inter-rater agreement in liking and perceptual ratings was low, indicating substantial (and unsurprising) individual differences in participants' preferences and perception of the stimuli. Our results indicate that singing voice preferences are not grounded in acoustic attributes of the voices per se, but in how these features are perceptually interpreted by listeners.
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- Camila Bruder
- Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- New York University, New York, NY, USA
- Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience, Frankfurt, Germany
- Max Planck-NYU Center for Language, Music, and Emotion (CLaME), New York, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Max Planck-NYU Center for Language, Music, and Emotion (CLaME), New York, USA
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Okon II, Musharaf I, Chaurasia B, Qadri HM, Kankam SB, Lucero-Prisno DE. Tuning in: musical resilience in awake craniotomy for brain tumor resection. Neurosurg Rev 2024; 47:157. [PMID: 38622378 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-024-02385-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2024] [Revised: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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- Inibehe Ime Okon
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, Birgunj, Nepal.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Unit-I, Punjab Institute of Neurosciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Kania D, Romaniszyn-Kania P, Tuszy A, Bugdol M, Ledwoń D, Czak M, Turner B, Bibrowicz K, Szurmik T, Pollak A, Mitas AW. Evaluation of physiological response and synchronisation errors during synchronous and pseudosynchronous stimulation trials. Sci Rep 2024; 14:8814. [PMID: 38627479 PMCID: PMC11021516 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59477-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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Rhythm perception and synchronisation is musical ability with neural basis defined as the ability to perceive rhythm in music and synchronise body movements with it. The study aimed to check the errors of synchronisation and physiological response as a reaction of the subjects to metrorhythmic stimuli of synchronous and pseudosynchronous stimulation (synchronisation with an externally controlled rhythm, but in reality controlled or produced tone by tapping) Nineteen subjects without diagnosed motor disorders participated in the study. Two tests were performed, where the electromyography signal and reaction time were recorded using the NORAXON system. In addition, physiological signals such as electrodermal activity and blood volume pulse were measured using the Empatica E4. Study 1 consisted of adapting the finger tapping test in pseudosynchrony with a given metrorhythmic stimulus with a selection of preferred, choices of decreasing and increasing tempo. Study 2 consisted of metrorhythmic synchronisation during the heel stomping test. Numerous correlations and statistically significant parameters were found between the response of the subjects with respect to their musical education, musical and sports activities. Most of the differentiating characteristics shown evidence of some group division in the undertaking of musical activities. The use of detailed analyses of synchronisation errors can contribute to the development of methods to improve the rehabilitation process of subjects with motor dysfunction, and this will contribute to the development of an expert system that considers personalised musical preferences.
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- Damian Kania
- Institute of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Mikołowska 72A, 40-065, Katowice, Poland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland.
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland
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- dBs Music, HE Music Faculty, 17 St Thomas St, Redcliffe, Bristol, BS1 6JS, UK
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- Science and Research Center of Body Posture, College of Education and Therapy in Poznań, 61-473, Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Arts and Educational Science, University of Silesia, ul. Bielska 62, 43-400, Cieszyn, Poland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland
- Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia, ul. Grazynskiego 53, 40-126, Katowice, Poland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland
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Puljević C, Tscharke B, Wessel EL, Francis C, Verhagen R, O'Brien JW, Bade R, Nadarajan D, Measham F, Stowe MJ, Piatkowski T, Ferris J, Page R, Hiley S, Eassey C, McKinnon G, Sinclair G, Blatchford E, Engel L, Norvill A, Barratt MJ. Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival. Sci Total Environ 2024; 921:170934. [PMID: 38360330 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND In the context of drug prohibition, potential adulteration and variable purity pose additional health risks for people who use drugs, with these risks often compounded by the outdoor music festival environment. Ahead of the imminent implementation of drug checking services in Queensland, Australia, this study aims to characterise this problem using triangulated survey and wastewater data to understand self-reported and detected drug use among attendees of a multi-day Queensland-based music festival in 2021 and 2022. METHODS We administered an in-situ survey focusing on drug use at the festival to two convenience samples of 136 and 140 festival attendees in 2021 and 2022 respectively. We compared survey findings to wastewater collected concurrently from the festival's site-specific wastewater treatment plant, which was analysed using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry. RESULTS Most survey respondents (82 % in 2021, 92 % in 2022) reported using or intending to use an illicit drug at the festival. Some respondents reported potentially risky drug use practices such as using drugs found on the ground (2 % in 2021, 4 % in 2022). Substances detected in wastewater but not surveys include MDEA, mephedrone, methylone, 3-MMC, alpha-D2PV, etizolam, eutylone, and N,N-dimethylpentylone. CONCLUSION Many substances detected in wastewater but not self-reported in surveys likely represent substitutions or adulterants. These findings highlight the benefits of drug checking services to prevent harms from adulterants and provide education on safer drug use practices. These findings also provide useful information on socio-demographic characteristics and drug use patterns of potential users of Queensland's future drug checking service.
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- Cheneal Puljević
- The Loop Australia, Australia; School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- The Loop Australia, Australia; School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- The Loop Australia, Australia; Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom; The Loop Drug Checking Service, United Kingdom
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- The Loop Australia, Australia; The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- The Loop Australia, Australia; School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
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- The Loop Australia, Australia; Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- The Loop Australia, Australia; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Alcohol & Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- The Loop Australia, Australia; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- The Loop Australia, Australia; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Social Equity Research Centre and Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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Sihvonen AJ, Ferguson MA, Chen V, Soinila S, Särkämö T, Joutsa J. Focal Brain Lesions Causing Acquired Amusia Map to a Common Brain Network. J Neurosci 2024; 44:e1922232024. [PMID: 38423761 PMCID: PMC11007473 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1922-23.2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Music is a universal human attribute. The study of amusia, a neurologic music processing deficit, has increasingly elaborated our view on the neural organization of the musical brain. However, lesions causing amusia occur in multiple brain locations and often also cause aphasia, leaving the distinct neural networks for amusia unclear. Here, we utilized lesion network mapping to identify these networks. A systematic literature search was carried out to identify all published case reports of lesion-induced amusia. The reproducibility and specificity of the identified amusia network were then tested in an independent prospective cohort of 97 stroke patients (46 female and 51 male) with repeated structural brain imaging, specifically assessed for both music perception and language abilities. Lesion locations in the case reports were heterogeneous but connected to common brain regions, including bilateral temporoparietal and insular cortices, precentral gyrus, and cingulum. In the prospective cohort, lesions causing amusia mapped to a common brain network, centering on the right superior temporal cortex and clearly distinct from the network causally associated with aphasia. Lesion-induced longitudinal structural effects in the amusia circuit were confirmed as reduction of both gray and white matter volume, which correlated with the severity of amusia. We demonstrate that despite the heterogeneity of lesion locations disrupting music processing, there is a common brain network that is distinct from the language network. These results provide evidence for the distinct neural substrate of music processing, differentiating music-related functions from language, providing a testable target for noninvasive brain stimulation to treat amusia.
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- Aleksi J Sihvonen
- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Queensland Aphasia Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Department of Neurology, Neurocenter, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki 00029, Finland
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- Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
- Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku and Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital, Turku 20521, Finland
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- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Turku Brain and Mind Center, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku, Turku 20521, Finland
- Neurocenter and Turku PET Center, Turku University Hospital, Turku 20521, Finland
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In this narrative medicine essay, a medical student uses the analogy of a mature tree to describe the difference in knowledge of his medical school teachers compared with sapling first-year medical students.
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Tang L, Xu Y, Yang S, Meng X, Du B, Sun C, Liu L, Dong Q, Nan Y. Mandarin-Speaking A musics' Online Recognition of Tone and Intonation. J Speech Lang Hear Res 2024; 67:1107-1116. [PMID: 38470842 DOI: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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PURPOSE Congenital amusia is a neurogenetic disorder of musical pitch processing. Its linguistic consequences have been examined separately for speech intonations and lexical tones. However, in a tonal language such as Chinese, the processing of intonations and lexical tones interacts with each other during online speech perception. Whether and how the musical pitch disorder might affect linguistic pitch processing during online speech perception remains unknown. METHOD We investigated this question with intonation (question vs. statement) and lexical tone (rising Tone 2 vs. falling Tone 4) identification tasks using the same set of sentences, comparing behavioral and event-related potential measurements between Mandarin-speaking amusics and matched controls. We specifically focused on the amusics without behavioral lexical tone deficits (the majority, i.e., pure amusics). RESULTS Results showed that, despite relative to normal performance when tested in word lexical tone test, pure amusics demonstrated inferior recognition than controls during sentence tone and intonation identification. Compared to controls, pure amusics had larger N400 amplitudes in question stimuli during tone task and smaller P600 amplitudes in intonation task. CONCLUSION These data indicate that musical pitch disorder affects both tone and intonation processing during sentence processing even for pure amusics, whose lexical tone processing was intact when tested with words.
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- Lirong Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, China
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Ferguson PC. QIM24-177: Effects of a Music-Based Intervention on Reducing Compassion Fatigue in Oncology Advanced Practice Providers. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2024; 22:QIM24-177. [PMID: 38579859 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2023.7296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Sabharwal SR, Breaden M, Volpe G, Camurri A, Keller PE. Leadership dynamics in musical groups: Quantifying effects of musical structure on directionality of influence in concert performance videos. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300663. [PMID: 38568939 PMCID: PMC10990194 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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Music ensemble performance provides an ecologically valid context for investigating leadership dynamics in small group interactions. Musical texture, specifically the relative salience of simultaneously sounding ensemble parts, is a feature that can potentially alter leadership dynamics by introducing hierarchical relationships between individual parts. The present study extended previous work on quantifying interpersonal coupling in musical ensembles by examining the relationship between musical texture and leader-follower relations, operationalised as directionality of influence between co-performers' body motion in concert video recordings. It was hypothesised that the directionality of influence, indexed by Granger Causality, would be greater for 'homophonic' textures with a clear distinction between melody and accompaniment parts than for 'polyphonic' textures with less distinction between melody and accompaniment. This hypothesis was tested by using pose estimation algorithms to track instrumentalists' body movements in a string quartet and a clarinet quintet, and then applying Granger Causality analysis to their head motion to estimate directional influence between instrumentalist pairs for sections of the pieces that varied in texture. It was found that Granger Causality values were generally higher (indicating greater directionality of influence) for homophonic than polyphonic textures. Furthermore, considering melody and accompaniment instrument roles revealed more evidence for the melody instrument influencing accompanying instruments than vice versa, plus a high degree of directionality among accompanying instruments, in homophonic textures. These observed patterns of directional information flow in co-performer body motion are consistent with changing leader-follower relations depending on hierarchical relations between ensemble parts in terms of the relative salience of melodic material in the musical texture. The finding that automatic pose estimation can detect modulations of leadership dynamics in standard video recordings under naturalistic performance conditions has implications for investigating interpersonal coordination in large-scale music video datasets representing different cultural traditions, and for exploring nonverbal communication in group activities more generally.
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- MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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- MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
- Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University & The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus, Aarhus, Aalborg, Denmark
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Paulander AS, Lindholm C, Torgrip R, Kumlin M, Eulau L. Use of person-centred music to manage wound dressing-related pain: a mixed method case study. J Wound Care 2024; 33:cxxx-cxxxix. [PMID: 38588059 DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2024.33.sup4a.cxxx] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether person-centred music (PCMusic) contributes to reducing pain during painful leg ulcer dressing change procedures indicated by: decreased levels of indicators related to stress; decreased pain scores; and a more favourable treatment climate during the dressing change procedure. METHOD A case study of a 51-year-old female patient with chronic inherited disease weakening her connective tissues. Quantitative data entailed temporal measurements of stress indicators including: heart pulse rate; oxygen saturation (SpO2); saliva cortisol; and a visual analogue scale (VAS). Qualitative data comprised phenomenological treatment descriptions and patient/licensed practical nurse (LPN) questionnaires. RESULTS The patient's body temperature remained steady throughout all treatments. Blood pressure was excluded due to missing data. No significant pulse rate differences in relation to music/no music could be observed during treatment. Comparing PCMusic to the patient's own other music (POOM), the pulse rate was greater in both magnitude and variation when the patient listened to POOM. Oxygen saturation showed no significant difference between PCMusic and music/no music. No significant difference was observed pre-/post-debridement with music. Similarly, no significant difference was observed pre-/post-debridement with no music. Treatment with no music showed the highest VAS score; PCMusic treatments had the lowest scores. Qualitative data showed that both patient and LPNs found that PCMusic decreased pain during dressing change. CONCLUSION The results of this case study indicate that PCMusic is a suitable complementary treatment to decrease patient pain. Patients' general health status is important when using quantitative stress/pain marker measurements. For cohort selection in future studies, we suggest healthy patients undergoing slightly painful or unpleasant treatments, patients in postoperative care and obstetric care.
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- 2 Department of Nursing Science, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 3 Analytical Chemistry and Statistics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 2 Department of Nursing Science, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 2 Department of Nursing Science, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Siedenburg K, Bürgel M, Özgür E, Scheicht C, Töpken S. Vibrotactile enhancement of musical engagement. Sci Rep 2024; 14:7764. [PMID: 38565622 PMCID: PMC10987628 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57961-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Sound is sensed by the ear but can also be felt on the skin, by means of vibrotactile stimulation. Only little research has addressed perceptual implications of vibrotactile stimulation in the realm of music. Here, we studied which perceptual dimensions of music listening are affected by vibrotactile stimulation and whether the spatial segregation of vibrations improves vibrotactile stimulation. Forty-one listeners were presented with vibrotactile stimuli via a chair's surfaces (left and right arm rests, back rest, seat) in addition to music presented over headphones. Vibrations for each surface were derived from individual tracks of the music (multi condition) or conjointly by a mono-rendering, in addition to incongruent and headphones-only conditions. Listeners evaluated unknown music from popular genres according to valence, arousal, groove, the feeling of being part of a live performance, the feeling of being part of the music, and liking. Results indicated that the multi- and mono vibration conditions robustly enhanced the nature of the musical experience compared to listening via headphones alone. Vibrotactile enhancement was strong in the latent dimension of 'musical engagement', encompassing the sense of being a part of the music, arousal, and groove. These findings highlight the potential of vibrotactile cues for creating intensive musical experiences.
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- Kai Siedenburg
- Graz University of Technology, Signal Processing and Speech Communication Laboratory, 8010, Graz, Austria.
- Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics, Carl von Ossietzy Universität Oldenburg, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics, Carl von Ossietzy Universität Oldenburg, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics, Carl von Ossietzy Universität Oldenburg, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics, Carl von Ossietzy Universität Oldenburg, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics, Carl von Ossietzy Universität Oldenburg, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany
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Kobayashi M, Kako J, Kajiwara K. Response to "The effect of two different types of music played to cancer patients during chemotherapy on anxiety, nausea, and satisfaction levels". Support Care Cancer 2024; 32:262. [PMID: 38564041 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-08454-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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- Masamitsu Kobayashi
- Graduate School of Nursing Science, St. Luke's International University, 10-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0044, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing, Munakata, Japan
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Lees AJ, Lawson S. Earworms-A Narrative Review of Infectious Music. JAMA 2024; 331:1075-1076. [PMID: 38563845 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.2780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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This Arts and Medicine feature reviews the clinical and neurophysiologic features of earworms, music fragments heard in the mind that repeat over and over as if jammed in playback mode.
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- A J Lees
- National Hospital, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
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- Head of Queen Square Library, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
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Rufino B, Khan A, Dutta T, Biddiss E. Musical instrument classifier for early childhood percussion instruments. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0299888. [PMID: 38564622 PMCID: PMC10986987 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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While the musical instrument classification task is well-studied, there remains a gap in identifying non-pitched percussion instruments which have greater overlaps in frequency bands and variation in sound quality and play style than pitched instruments. In this paper, we present a musical instrument classifier for detecting tambourines, maracas and castanets, instruments that are often used in early childhood music education. We generated a dataset with diverse instruments (e.g., brand, materials, construction) played in different locations with varying background noise and play styles. We conducted sensitivity analyses to optimize feature selection, windowing time, and model selection. We deployed and evaluated our best model in a mixed reality music application with 12 families in a home setting. Our dataset was comprised of over 369,000 samples recorded in-lab and 35,361 samples recorded with families in a home setting. We observed the Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LGBM) model to perform best using an approximate 93 ms window with only 12 mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs) and signal entropy. Our best LGBM model was observed to perform with over 84% accuracy across all three instrument families in-lab and over 73% accuracy when deployed to the home. To our knowledge, the dataset compiled of 369,000 samples of non-pitched instruments is first of its kind. This work also suggests that a low feature space is sufficient for the recognition of non-pitched instruments. Lastly, real-world deployment and testing of the algorithms created with participants of diverse physical and cognitive abilities was also an important contribution towards more inclusive design practices. This paper lays the technological groundwork for a mixed reality music application that can detect children's use of non-pitched, percussion instruments to support early childhood music education and play.
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- Brandon Rufino
- Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- KITE, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Yang SY, Lin PH, Wang JY, Fu SH. Effectiveness of binaural beat music combined with rhythmical photic stimulation on older people with depressive symptoms in long-term care institution: a quasi-experimental pilot study. Aging Clin Exp Res 2024; 36:86. [PMID: 38558209 PMCID: PMC10984885 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-024-02737-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND Many older adults residing in long-term care often face issues like poor sleep, reduced vitality, and depression. Non-pharmacological approaches, specifically Binaural Beat Music (BBM) and Rhythmic Photic Stimulation (RPS), may alleviate these symptoms, yet their efficacy in this demographic has not been extensively explored. AIMS This study investigated the effects of combined BBM and RPS interventions on sleep quality, vitality, and depression among older residents with depressive symptoms in long-term care facilities. METHODS Using a quasi-experimental design, a total of 88 older adults with depressive symptoms from Taiwanese daytime care centers were divided into the BBM with RPS, and Sham groups (44 each). They underwent 20-minute daily sessions of their assigned treatment for two weeks. The BBM with RPS group listened to 10 Hz binaural beat music with 10 Hz photic stimulation glasses, and the Sham group received non-stimulating music and glasses. RESULTS After the intervention, participants in the BBM with RPS groups showed significant improvements in vitality and depressive mood, with a notable increase in sympathetic nervous system activity. Conversely, the Sham group exhibited significant deterioration in vitality and mental health, with a significant increase in parasympathetic activity. Additionally, compared with the Sham group, the BBM and RPS groups showed significant improvements in vitality, mental health, and depression, with a significant increase in sympathetic nervous activity. CONCLUSION The two-week intervention suggests that the combination of BBM and RPS, as a non-invasive intervention, can potentially improve vitality, mental health, and depressive mood among older adults in long-term care institutions.
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- Shang-Yu Yang
- Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University, 500, Lioufeng Rd, 41354, Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C..
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- Department of Health and Beauty, Shu Zen Junior College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung, 821, Taiwan
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- Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University, 500, Lioufeng Rd, 41354, Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, 404, Taiwan
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- Department of Acupressure Technology, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan 717, Tainan, Taiwan
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Bağli E, Küçükoğlu S, Soylu H. The Effect of Lullabies and Classical Music on Preterm Neonates' Cerebral Oxygenation, Vital Signs, and Comfort During Orogastric Tube Feeding: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Biol Res Nurs 2024; 26:181-191. [PMID: 37737114 DOI: 10.1177/10998004231202404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study investigated the effect of lullabies and classical music on preterm neonates' cerebral oxygenation, vital signs, and comfort during orogastric (OG) tube feeding. METHODS This was a parallel-group pretest-posttest randomized controlled study. The research was conducted between December 2020 and May 2022. The sample consisted of 51 preterm neonates hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine Hospital in Konya, Türkiye. Participants were randomized into three groups (17 preterm infants in each group). The first group listened to lullabies sung by their mothers and the second group listened to classical music during OG tube feeding. The control group received routine care with no music. Data were collected using a Neonatal Identification Information Form, Physiological Parameters and rSO2 Monitoring Form, and the Newborn Comfort Behavior Scale (Comfort-Neo). The study was registered on the ClinicalTrials database (NCT05333575). RESULTS The lullaby group had stable peak heart rates and oxygen saturation levels (p = .002). Both lullaby and classical music groups had significantly higher cerebral oxygenation levels than the control group. The classical music group had the highest cerebral oxygenation level (p = .001). Both lullaby and classical music groups had significantly higher mean Comfort-Neo scores than the control group. The classical music group had the highest mean Comfort-Neo score (p = .040). CONCLUSION Preterm neonates who listen to lullabies and classical music are likely to have higher cerebral oxygen and comfort levels. Listening to lullabies helps stabilize vital signs. These results suggest that healthcare professionals should encourage parents to get their preterm neonates to listen to lullabies and classical music.
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- Esra Bağli
- Faculty of Medicine Hospital, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Children Health and Diseases Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Neonatology, Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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Viola E, Martorana M, Airoldi C, Caristia S, Ceriotti D, De Vito M, Tucci R, Meini C, Guiot G, Faggiano F. Dedalo Vola project: The effect of choral singing on physiological and psychosocial measures. An Italian pilot study. Acta Psychol (Amst) 2024; 244:104204. [PMID: 38430726 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Several studies have been conducted that show the crucial role of active participation in music in health promotion (e.g. Dingle et al., 2021; Sheppard & Broughton, 2020); however, little research has focused on the biopsychosocial effects of choral singing. The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness, in terms of improving physiological and psychosocial factors, of a choral program for middle-aged and older individuals. We integrated our study with qualitative observations of the atmosphere and flow state experienced by the choristers. The data were collected before and after 12 weeks of training, with 23 participants took part in the study. They experienced significant improvements in weight, oxygen saturation, heart rate, and satisfaction of psychological needs. A beneficial trend, although not statistically significant, were observed for blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, stress, psychological needs, and mental health. The observations progressively revealed a more cohesive and focused group. Our findings support the potential for cross-disciplinary collaboration between healthcare and arts policy to promote and enhance health and well-being throughout the lifespan.
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- Erica Viola
- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant'Eusebio 5, Vercelli 13100, Italy.
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- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant'Eusebio 5, Vercelli 13100, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Via Solaroli, 17, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant'Eusebio 5, Vercelli 13100, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Via Solaroli, 17, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Via Solaroli, 17, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant'Eusebio 5, Vercelli 13100, Italy
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- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant'Eusebio 5, Vercelli 13100, Italy
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- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant'Eusebio 5, Vercelli 13100, Italy; Epidemiologic Unit of the Local Health Authority of Vercelli (I) - Osservatorio Epidemiologico, ASL Vercelli, Italy
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Schulz KV, Gauer J, Martin R, Völter C. [Influence of overtones and undertones on melody recognition with a cochlear implant with SSD]. Laryngorhinootologie 2024; 103:279-288. [PMID: 37748501 DOI: 10.1055/a-2123-4315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Many cochlear implant (CI) users have difficulties recognising pitches and melodies because pitch transmission is blurred and shifted. This study investigates whether postlingually deafened adult CI users recognize melodies better when overtones are removed or undertones are added.Fifteen unilaterally postlingually deafened CI users (single sided deafness = SSD) were included aged 22 to 73 years (MW 52, SD 11.6) with CI hearing experience between 3 and 75 months (MW 33, SD 21.0) with varying MED-EL devices. Three short piano melodies were presented to them firstly to the normal-hearing ear and then in modified overtone or undertone variants and the original variant to the CI ear. These variants should be identified as one of the three original melodies. In addition, musical experience and ability were assessed by the Munich Music Questionnaire and the MiniPROMS music tests.The CI users showed the best melody recognition in the fundamental frequency variant. The overtone variant with the third overtone was as good as the original variant with all overtones with regard to melody recognition (p=1). However, the undertone variant with the first undertone was recognised significantly worse than the fundamental version (p=0.032). Furthermore, there was no correlation between musical experience or musical ability and the number of melodies recognised (p>0.1).Since a reduction of overtones did not worsen the melody recognition, overtone reduction should be considered in future music processing programs for the CI. This could reduce the energy consumption of the CI.
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- Kira Viviane Schulz
- Universitätsklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde und Kopf- und Halschirurgie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Sankt Elisabeth Hospital, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Deutschland
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- Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Institut für Kommunikationsakustik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Deutschland
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- Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Institut für Kommunikationsakustik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Deutschland
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- Universitätsklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde und Kopf- und Halschirurgie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Sankt Elisabeth Hospital, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Deutschland
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Greco F, Quinzi F, Chiodo S, Cerulli C, Tranchita E, Bertollo M, Emerenziani GP. The effects of pre-task music on choice visual reaction time in elite taekwondo athletes. J Sci Med Sport 2024; 27:276-280. [PMID: 38245434 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2024.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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OBJECTIVES The effects of music on sport performance mainly involved endurance or resistance exercises overlooking possible effects on reaction time, which is deemed essential in martial arts for a proficient performance. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the exposure to pre-task music on choice visual reaction time in elite taekwondo athletes. DESIGN Repeated measure study design. METHODS Reaction time and mean Heart Rate (HRmean) were recorded in twenty young taekwondo athletes (17.5 ± 2.5 years old) while performing a roundhouse kick in response to different visual stimuli after three warmup conditions: listening to self-selected music (SM), research-selected music (RM) or no music (CC). Moreover, Feeling Scale (FS), Felt Arousal Scale (FAS) were recorded before (T0) and after warmup (T1) in each testing session. RESULTS SM and RM elicited significantly faster reaction times compared to CC (-3.3 % and -5.2 %, respectively). No significant difference in reaction time was observed between SM and RM. The FS and FAS scores were significantly higher at T1 compared to T0 in the SM and RM conditions, whereas no difference between T0 and T1 was observed in the CC condition. No difference was observed for HRmean between SM, RM and CC conditions. CONCLUSIONS Listening to SM and RM during the warmup improved choice visual reaction times in elite taekwondo athletes. These results suggest the use of music as a performance-enhancing strategy prior to combat competition or training in martial arts.
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- Francesca Greco
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Italy. https://twitter.com/FraGre97
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Italy
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- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Italy
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- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Italy
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Simon A, Bech S, Loquet G, Østergaard J. Cortical linear encoding and decoding of sounds: Similarities and differences between naturalistic speech and music listening. Eur J Neurosci 2024; 59:2059-2074. [PMID: 38303522 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Linear models are becoming increasingly popular to investigate brain activity in response to continuous and naturalistic stimuli. In the context of auditory perception, these predictive models can be 'encoding', when stimulus features are used to reconstruct brain activity, or 'decoding' when neural features are used to reconstruct the audio stimuli. These linear models are a central component of some brain-computer interfaces that can be integrated into hearing assistive devices (e.g., hearing aids). Such advanced neurotechnologies have been widely investigated when listening to speech stimuli but rarely when listening to music. Recent attempts at neural tracking of music show that the reconstruction performances are reduced compared with speech decoding. The present study investigates the performance of stimuli reconstruction and electroencephalogram prediction (decoding and encoding models) based on the cortical entrainment of temporal variations of the audio stimuli for both music and speech listening. Three hypotheses that may explain differences between speech and music stimuli reconstruction were tested to assess the importance of the speech-specific acoustic and linguistic factors. While the results obtained with encoding models suggest different underlying cortical processing between speech and music listening, no differences were found in terms of reconstruction of the stimuli or the cortical data. The results suggest that envelope-based linear modelling can be used to study both speech and music listening, despite the differences in the underlying cortical mechanisms.
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- Adèle Simon
- Artificial Intelligence and Sound, Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
- Research Department, Bang & Olufsen A/S, Struer, Denmark
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- Artificial Intelligence and Sound, Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
- Research Department, Bang & Olufsen A/S, Struer, Denmark
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- Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Artificial Intelligence and Sound, Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Brodsky W, Borowsky A. How (where) Does Music Background Hamper Driver Behaviour? Hum Factors 2024; 66:1216-1234. [PMID: 36128941 DOI: 10.1177/00187208221127939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The current study examined the effects of music on Hazard Perception - a skill that serves as a proxy for safe driving. BACKGROUND There is contradictory evidence whether or not music engagement leads to decremented driver performance and compromises traffic safety. METHOD In the study, 36 participants performed a standard Video-Based Hazard Perception Test under three aural conditions: Road and Traffic Sounds (RS); RS + Driver-Preferred Music; RS + Alternative Music. RESULTS The results show no effect of aural backgrounds (including music) on the situation awareness portion of the driving task. CONCLUSION Music background might affect later stages of the driving task such as response selection and/or response execution (mitigation). APPLICATION The investigation of human factors related to vehicular control should include how (where) music might trigger failures in perception and/or behaviour.
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Kordi-Tamandani K, Hakimifar K. Gowâti Music Therapy: An Ancient Healing Tradition in Taftan, Baluchestan. J Relig Health 2024; 63:924-941. [PMID: 38151683 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-023-01971-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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This research delves into the ancient healing tradition of Gowâti music therapy in Taftan, Baluchestan, with a focus on the cultural beliefs and practices surrounding the Gowâti ceremony. The manuscript also highlights the historical connection between music and spirituality, tracing the roots of music therapy back to ancient Iran. The study is based on a combination of interviews, active participation in the Gowâti ceremony, and consultation with experts. However, access to the private ceremony was restricted, leading to certain limitations in data collection. The findings of this study rely heavily on anecdotal accounts passed down through generations among the residents of the region, as well as information gathered from interviews with the caliph (performer) of music therapy in the area. The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of music and its use as a therapeutic tool, with a specific focus on the unique characteristics of Gowâti music therapy. The findings suggest that this form of music therapy is deeply rooted in religious beliefs, mystical ideologies, and sacrificial rituals.
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- Karimbakhsh Kordi-Tamandani
- Department of Comparative Religions at the Faculty of Theology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Comparative Religions at the Faculty of Theology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.
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Many autistic children show musical interests and good musical skills including pitch and melodic memory. Autistic children may also perceive temporal regularities in music such as the primary beat underlying the rhythmic structure of music given some work showing preserved rhythm processing in the context of basic, nonverbal auditory stimuli. The temporal regularity and prediction of musical beats can potentially serve as an excellent framework for building skills in non-musical areas of growth for autistic children. We examine if autistic children are perceptually sensitive to the primary beat of music by comparing the musical beat perception skills of autistic and neurotypical children. Twenty-three autistic children and 23 neurotypical children aged 6-13 years with no group differences in chronological age and verbal and nonverbal mental ages completed a musical beat perception task where they identified whether beeps superimposed on musical excerpts were on or off the musical beat. Overall task performance was above the theoretical chance threshold of 50% but not the statistical chance threshold of 70% across groups. On-beat (versus off-beat) accuracy was higher for the autistic group but not the neurotypical group. The autistic group was just as accurate at detecting beat alignments (on-beat) but less precise at detecting beat misalignments (off-beat) compared to the neurotypical group. Perceptual sensitivity to beat alignments provides support for spared music processing among autistic children and informs on the accessibility of using musical beats and rhythm for cultivating related skills and behaviours (e.g., language and motor abilities).
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- Hadas Dahary
- Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Azrieli Centre for Autism Research, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Azrieli Centre for Autism Research, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Moll-Bertó A, López-Rodrigo N, Montoro-Pérez N, Mármol-López MI, Montejano-Lozoya R. A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Therapies Used by Nurses in Children Undergoing Surgery. Pain Manag Nurs 2024; 25:195-203. [PMID: 38233305 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify non-pharmacological pain relief therapies in children undergoing surgery. DESIGN AND DATA SOURCES Using keywords extracted from Medical Subject Headings and "Descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud" we searched for articles in the Web of Science, Scopus, Cuiden, PubMed, and CINHAL databases from the last five years, and performed a reverse search. We assessed the documentary quality of the articles using various standardized instruments. RESULTS The final review included eleven studies. In terms of cognitive-behavioral techniques, there is evidence that both music and video therapy are effective in reducing postoperative pain in children in seven studies, and therapeutic play in five studies. Other methods used less frequently but found to be effective included laughter therapy in one study and deep breathing in another. Regarding physical methods of pain relief, massage was found to be an effective non-pharmacological therapy for reducing pediatric postoperative pain in two studies and ineffective in another. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we highlight the importance of non-pharmacological therapies in pediatric postoperative pain management. Cognitive-behavioral techniques, especially music therapy, video therapy, and therapeutic play, reduce pediatric postoperative pain. They are therefore effective therapies that nurses can use in this area. Further research into the effectiveness of storytelling is necessary, as the evidence is not entirely conclusive. More evidence is also needed on physical methods of pain relief, particularly massage.
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- Andreu Moll-Bertó
- From the La Fe School of Nursing, Affiliated Center of the University of Valencia, Spain
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- From the La Fe School of Nursing, Affiliated Center of the University of Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Person-centred Care and Health Outcomes Innovation Group, University of Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain; La Fe School of Nursing, Affiliated Center of the University of Valencia, Spain, GREIACC Research Group, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.
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- La Fe School of Nursing, Affiliated Center of the University of Valencia, Spain, GREIACC Research Group, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain
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- La Fe School of Nursing, Affiliated Center of the University of Valencia, Spain, GREIACC Research Group, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain
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Ortiz MR. Leading-Following Interpretations: Living Quality and Working, the Musical. Nurs Sci Q 2024; 37:173-180. [PMID: 38491880 DOI: 10.1177/08943184231224418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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It is important to explore the ways that the working lives of persons provides meaning in personal, professional, and organizational ways. In this paper, the author utilized the processes of Parse's (2021a) humanbecoming hermeneutic sciencing (discoursing with penetrating engaging, interpreting with quiescent beholding, and understanding with inspiring envisaging) and the leading-following model to further understanding of the meaning of "working" through Stephen Schwarz's Broadway show, Working, the Musical (Browning & Schwartz, 1982/2002). Although not a formal sciencing project, this interpretive reflection provided a way to "see" how work is "lived out" uniquely.
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- Mario R Ortiz
- Decker Endowed Chair in Community Health Nursing, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA
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Yao Z, Ma Z, Zhu Y, Lv X. Music intervention in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Jpn J Nurs Sci 2024; 21:e12586. [PMID: 38258611 DOI: 10.1111/jjns.12586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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AIMS To explore whether music intervention improves the quality of life (QOL) of patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and to evaluate its impact on patients' symptoms of depression/anxiety and fatigue. METHODS This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items of Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The databases PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, and EMBASE were searched from inception to September 30, 2022. The search strategy used a combination of the keywords "music" and "hematopoietic stem cell transplantation" or "HSCT." The outcomes assessed were QOL, depression and anxiety, and fatigue. Pooled standardized mean differences with 95% confidence intervals were calculated to compare the outcomes between the music intervention and control groups. Heterogeneity across the studies was assessed using a chi-square-based test, and the I2 and Q statistics. RESULTS Meta-analysis of the included study population showed that music intervention for patients undergoing HSCT was associated with patients' improved QOL, and resulted in reduced depression/anxiety and fatigue compared to patients without music intervention. CONCLUSION Music intervention benefits HSCT outcomes, including better QOL, less depression/anxiety, and less fatigue postoperatively. Future trials with larger samples are still warranted to strengthen the evidence supporting the benefits of music intervention in this patient population.
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- Zijin Yao
- School of Arts, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China
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- Academy of Music, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Urology, Capital Medical University Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, Capital Medical University Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Antonio Yaghy
- New England Eye Center, Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Fu VX, Lagarde SM, Favoccia CT, Heisterkamp J, van Oers AE, Coene PPLO, Koopman JSHA, van den Berg SAA, Dik WA, Jeekel J, Wijnhoven BPL. Intraoperative Music to Promote Patient Outcome (IMPROMPTU): A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. J Surg Res 2024; 296:291-301. [PMID: 38306934 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Perioperative music can have beneficial effects on postoperative pain, anxiety, opioid requirement, and the physiological stress response to surgery. The aim was to assess the effects of intraoperative music during general anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery for esophagogastric cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS The IMPROMPTU study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized multicenter trial. Adult patients undergoing surgery for stage II-III esophagogastric cancer were eligible. Exclusion criteria were a hearing impairment, insufficient Dutch language knowledge, corticosteroids use, or objection to hearing unknown music. Patients wore active noise-cancelling headphones intraoperatively with preselected instrumental classical music (intervention) or no music (control). Computerized randomization with centralized allocation, stratified according to surgical procedure using variable block sizes, was employed. Primary endpoint was postoperative pain on the first postoperative day. Secondary endpoints were postoperative pain during the first postoperative week, postoperative opioid requirement, intraoperative medication requirement, the stress response to surgery, postoperative complication rate, length of stay, and mortality, with follow-up lasting 30 d. RESULTS From November 2018 to September 2020, 145 patients were assessed and 83 randomized. Seventy patients (music n = 31, control n = 39) were analyzed. Median age was 70 [IQR 63-70], and 48 patients (69%) were male. Music did not reduce postoperative pain (numeric rating scale 1.8 (SD0.94) versus 2.0 (1.0), mean difference -0.28 [95% CI -0.76-0.19], P = 0.236). No statistically significant differences were seen in medication requirement, stress response, complication rate, or length of stay. CONCLUSIONS Intraoperative, preselected, classical music during esophagogastric cancer surgery did not significantly improve postoperative outcome and recovery when compared to no music using noise-cancelling headphones.
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- Victor X Fu
- Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology, Laboratory Medical Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Lyu S, Põldver N, Kask L, Wang L, Kreegipuu K. Effect of musical expertise on the perception of duration and pitch in language: A cross-linguistic study. Acta Psychol (Amst) 2024; 244:104195. [PMID: 38412710 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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This study adopts a cross-linguistic perspective and investigates how musical expertise affects the perception of duration and pitch in language. Native speakers of Chinese (N = 44) and Estonian (N = 46), each group subdivided into musicians and non-musicians, participated in a mismatch negativity (MMN) experiment where they passively listened to both Chinese and Estonian stimuli, followed by a behavioral experiment where they attentively discriminated the stimuli in the non-native language (i.e., Chinese to Estonian participants and Estonian to Chinese participants). In both experiments, stimuli of duration change, pitch change, and duration plus pitch change were discriminated. We found higher behavioral sensitivity among Chinese musicians than non-musicians in perceiving the duration change in Estonian and higher behavioral sensitivity among Estonian musicians than non-musicians in perceiving all types of changes in Chinese, but no corresponding effect was found in the MMN results, which suggests a more salient effect of musical expertise on foreign language processing when attention is required. Secondly, Chinese musicians did not outperform non-musicians in attentively discriminating the pitch-related stimuli in Estonian, suggesting that musical expertise can be overridden by tonal language experience when perceiving foreign linguistic pitch, especially when an attentive discrimination task is administered. Thirdly, we found larger MMN among Chinese and Estonian musicians than their non-musician counterparts in perceiving the largest deviant (i.e., duration plus pitch) in their native language. Taken together, our results demonstrate a positive effect of musical expertise on language processing.
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- Siqi Lyu
- Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- College of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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Rimmer C, Dahary H, Quintin EM. Links between musical beat perception and phonological skills for autistic children. Child Neuropsychol 2024; 30:361-380. [PMID: 37104762 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2202902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Exploring non-linguistic predictors of phonological awareness, such as musical beat perception, is valuable for children who present with language difficulties and diverse support needs. Studies on the musical abilities of children on the autism spectrum show that they have average or above-average musical production and auditory processing abilities. This study aimed to explore the relationship between musical beat perception and phonological awareness skills of children on the autism spectrum with a wide range of cognitive abilities. A total of 21 autistic children between the ages of 6 to 11 years old (M = 8.9, SD = 1.5) with full scale IQs ranging from 52 to 105 (M = 74, SD = 16) completed a beat perception and a phonological awareness task. Results revealed that phonological awareness and beat perception are positively correlated for children on the autism spectrum. Findings lend support to the potential use of beat and rhythm perception as a screening tool for early literacy skills, specifically for phonological awareness, for children with diverse support needs as an alternative to traditional verbal tasks that tend to underestimate the potential of children on the autism spectrum.
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- Charlotte Rimmer
- Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- The Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- The Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Azrieli Centre for Autism Research, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- The Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Azrieli Centre for Autism Research, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Udengwu N, Ofunu UM, Gomment TI, Aniagu C, Nwokolo PN, Ikusemiju AO, Gever VC. Evaluating the impact of using storytelling and visual multimedia music intervention to improve knowledge of the Child Rights Act and reduce the propensity to engage in child marriage. Eval Program Plann 2024; 103:102416. [PMID: 38452409 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Child marriage has continued to rear its ugly head in Nigerian society. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of storytelling and multimedia music interventions in improving knowledge of the Child Rights Act and reducing the propensity to engage in child marriage. The researchers applied a quasi-experimental design and collected data using a structured questionnaire. The children were assigned into three groups (control, storytelling and multimedia music) of 173 participants. It was found that the interventions were effective. In particular, while storytelling contributed more to reducing the propensity to engage in child marriage, multimedia music contributed more to improving knowledge of the Child Rights Act. These results suggest that storytelling and multimedia music interventions can be effective approaches for addressing the lingering problem of child marriage in Nigeria.
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- Ngozi Udengwu
- Department of Theatre Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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- Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law Kogi State University, Anyigba, Nigeria
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- Department of Rhetoric, Writing and Communications, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
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Echternach M, Burk F, Kirsch J, Traser L, Birkholz P, Burdumy M, Richter B. Articulatory and acoustic differences between lyric and dramatic singing in Western classical music. J Acoust Soc Am 2024; 155:2659-2669. [PMID: 38634661 DOI: 10.1121/10.0025751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Within the realm of voice classification, singers could be sub-categorized by the weight of their repertoire, the so-called "singer's Fach." However, the opposite pole terms "lyric" and "dramatic" singing are not yet well defined by their acoustic and articulatory characteristics. Nine professional singers of different singers' Fach were asked to sing a diatonic scale on the vowel /a/, first in what the singers considered as lyric and second in what they considered as dramatic. Image recording was performed using real time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with 25 frames/s, and the audio signal was recorded via an optical microphone system. Analysis was performed with regard to sound pressure level (SPL), vibrato amplitude, and frequency and resonance frequencies as well as articulatory settings of the vocal tract. The analysis revealed three primary differences between dramatic and lyric singing: Dramatic singing was associated with greater SPL and greater vibrato amplitude and frequency as well as lower resonance frequencies. The higher SPL is an indication of voice source changes, and the lower resonance frequencies are probably caused by the lower larynx position. However, all these strategies showed a considerable individual variability. The singers' Fach might contribute to perceptual differences even for the same singer with regard to the respective repertoire.
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- Matthias Echternach
- Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Munich University Hospital (LMU), Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Plastic Surgery, SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera, Str. des Friedens 122, 07548 Gera, Germany
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- Division of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Munich University Hospital (LMU), Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Musicians' Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg University and Freiburg University Medical Center, Breisacher Str. 60, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Acoustics and Speech Communication, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Musicians' Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg University and Freiburg University Medical Center, Breisacher Str. 60, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Medical Physics, Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg University and Freiburg University Medical Center Breisacher Str. 60, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Musicians' Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg University and Freiburg University Medical Center, Breisacher Str. 60, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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Sun L, Wang Q, Ai J. The underlying roles and neurobiological mechanisms of music-based intervention in Alzheimer's disease: A comprehensive review. Ageing Res Rev 2024; 96:102265. [PMID: 38479478 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2024.102265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Non-pharmacological therapy has gained popularity in the intervention of Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to its apparent therapeutic effectiveness and the limitation of biological drug. A wealth of research indicates that music interventions can enhance cognition, mood and behavior in individuals with AD. Nonetheless, the underlying mechanisms behind these improvements have yet to be fully and systematically delineated. This review aims to holistically review how music-based intervention (MBI) ameliorates abnormal emotion, cognition decline, and behavioral changes in AD patients. We cover several key dimensions: the regulation of MBIs on cerebral blood flow (CBF), their impact on neurotransmission (including GABAergic and monoaminergic transmissions), modulation of synaptic plasticity, and hormonal release. Additionally, we summarize the clinical applications and limitations of active music-based intervention (AMBI), passive music-based intervention (PMBI), and hybrid music-based intervention (HMBI). This thorough analysis enhances our understanding of the role of MBI in AD and supports the development of non-pharmacological therapeutic strategies.
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- Liyang Sun
- Department of Pharmacology (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), College of Pharmacy of Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Harbin 150086, China
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- Department of Pharmacology (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), College of Pharmacy of Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Harbin 150086, China; Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Harbin 150040, China; Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, 157 Baojian Road, Harbin 150086, China
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- Department of Pharmacology (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), College of Pharmacy of Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Harbin 150086, China; National Key Laboratory of Frigid Zone Cardiovascular Diseases, 157 Baojian Road, Harbin 150086, China.
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