Boosting Cognition With Music in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness

201595 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Maïté Castro · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Barbara Tillmann · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Jacques Luauté · Hospices Civils de Lyon

Alexandra Corneyllie · Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon

Frédéric Dailler · Hospices Civils de Lyon

Nathalie André‐Obadia · Hospices Civils de Lyon

Fabien Perrin

Abstract

These findings demonstrate for the first time that music has a beneficial effect on cognitive processes of patients with disorders of consciousness. The autobiographical characteristics of music, that is, its emotional and personal relevance, probably increase arousal and/or awareness.

Topics & Keywords

Music Therapy and Health Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Traumatic Brain Injury Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Neurorehabilitation and neural repair

Volume 29, Issue 8, pp. 734-742

DOI: 10.1177/1545968314565464

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