Can music mend minds? Investigating the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of music on persons with dementia

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1104833

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Music can have positive effects on persons with dementia. It be a powerful trigger of memories and emotions and provide a link to one's personal past and a form of communication with carers. Familiar songs can be recognised even in the late stages of dementia when verbal communication and memory for other things may be lost. There has been little scientific investigation of how and why music can help people with dementia and their carers. This research will address this issue.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Targeted Calls

Funding Amount: $411,108.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cognition | dementia-related decline in memory | memory | neuropsychology | psychosocial

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