12/21/2018 / By Edsel Cook
A Japanese study evaluated the effect of active and passive participation in music therapy on the frontal lobe of the brain. In addition to demonstrating the relaxing effect of calm music, it determined that active music therapy appeared to trigger activity in the brain more often than merely listening to the music.
Tokai University provided support for this study, the findings of which came out in the scientific journal J-Stage.
The researchers concluded that active music therapy could be a potential means of improving a participant’s s capacities, mental state, and ability to cooperate with other people.
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Journal reference:
Ikeuchi M, Mori S, Jono H, Kutsuzawa T. RESEARCH ON THE FRONTAL LOBE ACTIVATION EFFECT OF MUSIC THERAPY ?EFFECT OF LISTENING MUSIC ON FRONTAL LOBE ACTIVATION BY USING NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY?. Japanese Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2018;15(2):91–101. DOI: 10.1625/jcam.15.91
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