# Music and the Brain: The Positive Affects of Music Therapy on Health

Why can someone with Alzheimer's disease recall lyrics to songs when they can't remember the names of their children? Why can a stroke survivor sing words to a familiar song even though they cannot speak? Drawing from more than 30 years of clinical experience and current research into the therapeutic applications of music for persons with acute or chronic health conditions, Concetta Tomaino will explain how and why music is an effective tool to enhance neurologic function, ability and quality of life.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2010
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: Science, Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688406/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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