Music is not only art. It is also biology. The unique characteristics of the brain which make it possible for us to sing a melody and to dance, give to music the unparalleled ability not only to stimulate body movement, but also to move us emotionally. Music is not only beautiful, it is who we are. …

The transformation of music into movement takes place while dancing, singing, and playing an instrument. The human capacity for beat induction facilitates rhythmic movement to the musical beat, a capacity share with only a few animals. While Parkinson patients are limited in their locomotive abilities, …

Music as an effective self-regulative tool for emotions and behavioural adaptation for adolescents might enhance emotion-related skills when applied as a therapeutic school intervention. This study investigated Rap & Sing Music Therapy in a school-based programme, to support self-regulative abilities …

The realization of one’s musical ideas at the keyboard is dependent on the ability to transform sound into movement, a process called audiomotor transformation. Using fMRI, we investigated cerebral activations while classically-trained improvising and non-improvising musicians imagined playing along …

Zing en Groei is een vroegtijdige muziektherapeutische interventie die aangeboden wordt aan ouder en kind (tussen 0 en 6 jaar), met als doel het vergroten van de positieve interactie tussen de ouder en het kind. Dit onderzoek heeft als doel het schrijven van een effectevaluatie van de interventie (uitgevoerd …

Voor u ligt een onderzoek in het belang van de Professionele Leergemeenschap (PLG) Zing & Groei. De PLG heeft als doel een adaptatie van het van oorsprong Australische muziektherapie programma Sing and Grow in Nederland te introduceren. Sing and Grow richt zich op ouders met jonge kinderen (0-5 jaar) …

This book has been written for musicians who want to engage with audiences beyond the concert hall and other traditional venues. The study is equally worthwhile for conservatoires and music academies aiming to change the increasingly unrealistic goal of training young musicians solely for the stage. …

The capacity to make music and understand it is an evolutionary development not shared by animals. Learning to play an instrument has been shown to involve the development of larger brain volume. A strong correlation has been found between high musical activity and preservation of non-verbal memory, …