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Tero Toivanen

Music therapy rewires the brains of people unable to speak - 0 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 23 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Tero Toivanen on 23 Feb 10
     
    Many patients who have not been able to speak, in some cases for many years, and who have tried other speech therapies with no success, have learned to speak after a few dozen sessions of melodic intonation therapy. 
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Movement Therapy May Also Improve Language Skills in Stroke Patients - 0 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 25 Feb 10 - Cached
  • All of the patients exhibited improved motor and language abilities, although the six-week therapy only targeted arm movement. Interesting, Page says, patients exhibiting the greatest improvement on the arm tests also showed the most improvement on the language assessment.
  • Tero Toivanen on 25 Feb 10
     
    All of the patients exhibited improved motor and language abilities, although the six-week therapy only targeted arm movement. Interesting, Page says, patients exhibiting the greatest improvement on the arm tests also showed the most improvement on the language assessment.
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Music as Medicine for the Brain - US News and World Report - 0 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 27 Sep 09 - No Cached
  • Tero Toivanen on 27 Sep 09
     
    Music therapy has been practiced for decades as a way to treat neurological conditions from Parkinson's to Alzheimer's to anxiety and depression. Now, advances in neuroscience and brain imaging are revealing what's actually happening in the brain as patients listen to music or play instruments and why the therapy works.
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Growing evidence of the brain's plasticity could benefit stroke victims or those suffer... - 0 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 23 May 09 - Cached
  • With the right training, scientists now know the brain can reshape itself to work around dead and damaged areas, often with dramatic benefits.
  • Therapies that exploit the brain's power to adapt have helped people overcome damage caused by strokes, depression, anxiety and learning disabilities, and may one day replace drugs for some of these conditions.
  • Children with language difficulties have been shown to make significant progress using computer training tools that are the equivalent of cerebral cross-training.
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  • Neuroplasticity does not see the different regions of the brain as completely versatile and certainly not interchangeable. But it recognises that if part of the brain is damaged, it can be possible to train other areas to take on, at least to some extent, the job of the lost brain matter.
  • Doidge says he is not anti-medication, but wonders if therapies that tap into neuro-plasticity will soon replace drug treatments for certain conditions. "We can change our brains by sensing, imagining and acting in the world. It's economical and mostly low-tech, and I'm very, very hopeful"
  • Tero Toivanen on 23 May 09
     
    With the right training, scientists now know the brain can reshape itself to work around dead and damaged areas, often with dramatic benefits.
Daly de Gagne

Lerner's Notebook: New Mindfulness Book for Therapists by Daniel J. Siegel - 0 views

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shared by Daly de Gagne on 15 May 10 - Cached
  • Daly de Gagne on 15 May 10
     
    Very interesting, positive review of psychiatrist Daniel J Siegle's new book on mindful for psychotherapists. 
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