by jb music therapy | Oct 11, 2011 | Blog, Memory
Memory systems are activated through improved listening, attention, concentration, and recall. Music works to aid our memory because the beat, the melody, and the harmonies serve as “carriers” for the language content (Snyder 2000). This is why it is often easier to...
by jb music therapy | Oct 4, 2011 | Autism, Blog, Children
There are many different ways a person with autism can be affected by music. For example, certain music can foster a desire to communicate with others. This is often in due part because music can help break the patterns of social isolation. Music can also be used to...
by jb music therapy | Aug 23, 2011 | Blog
A quick visit to Wikipedia describes “communication as the process of transferring information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium in which the communicated information is understood by both sender and receiver.” Communication therefore requires that...
by jb music therapy | Apr 20, 2011 | Blog
Humans make decisions based on emotion and then construct the logic behind these decisions. Therefore, if you want to change someone’s mind you first need to change their mood. The quickest way I know to change a person’s mood is to add music into the relationship....
by jb music therapy | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog
Imagine a particularly stressful day. A day when you feel overwhelmed and perhaps frustrated with home, work and life. You open your front door at the end of a long day and are grateful that no one else is home. You go to your favourite place to sit where you can...
