Monday, March 10, 2008

Study Shows Music Helps Stroke Victims Recover More Quickly

Courtesy of BCN (BreakingChristianNews.com)

Teresa Neumann

"These findings demonstrate for the first time that music listening during the early post-stroke stage can enhance cognitive recovery and prevent negative mood."

Music Therapy(London, UK)—Reuters reports that, as published in the journal Brain, a Finnish study has shown that music helps people recover more quickly from strokes; patients who listened to a few hours of music each day soon after a stroke also improved their verbal memory and were in a better mood compared to patients who did not listen to music or used audio books.

"These findings demonstrate for the first time that music listening during the early post-stroke stage can enhance cognitive recovery and prevent negative mood," the researchers wrote.

For the study, one group reportedly listened to their favorite music every day or used audio books while another did not listen to any music, and all volunteers received standard rehabilitation treatment. After three months, the report notes that music listeners showed a 60 percent better improvement in verbal memory compared to an 18 percent benefit for those using audio books and 29 percent for people who did not listen to either.

Source: Michael Kahn - Reuters

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