MUSIC 2MT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Music Therapy, Cerebral Cortex, L-Vocalization
19 Sep 2016
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We need to work alongside psychologists and neuropsychologists to better understand the effect of music on brain functions. Also, music therapists (mts) can better inform other professionals about non-verbal functioning levels. The profession of music therapy is built upon various theoretical foundations so the psychology of music. Music therapists witness music therapy facilitating range of motion for example but how this is happening is what psychologists look at. There are various parts of the brain that have various functions. Damage to the right hemisphere usually impacts ability to sing, and perception of melody. It is where speech is intact and signing is affected. Damage to the left hemisphere usually impacts speech and singing is still intact. Playing music requires creativity, physiological coordination, intellectual and emotional functions, sensory motor activity, and memory. The different parts of the brain involved include cerebral cortex, subcortical motor and sensory nuclei, and the limbic system.
