Music Research Links
Program Shows the Power of Music for Kids' Mental Health
Making music in the operating theater - the analgesic effects of listening to music
Americans go online for music, art, theater and skip live performances
Music lessons spur emotional and behavioral growth in children
Listening to music helps to reduce post-surgical pain in kids
Reading music in a new way: Blind scholar's invention could bring music to many (link below)
YouTube video on 3-D Tactile Notation
"Vocal Fry" on the rise - pop culture to blame
Musicians spot mistakes more quickly and more accurately than non-musicians
Article written by a 17 year old: What It Means To Be A Teenager Who Loves Classical Music
Study finds singing in a choir reduces anxiety
Adele's doctor on how to save a voice
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/11/14/adeles-doctor-speaks-out-on-treating-vocal-cord-problems/
Music is good for your mind. Benefits to senior citizens who play an instrument.
http://blogs.smartmoney.com/encore/2012/08/06/blowing-that-horn-makes-you-smarter-longer/
How Children, Adults, and Communities benefit from Choruses
http://www.chorusamerica.org/documents/Impact09/ImpactStudy09_ExecSum.pdf
Opera Singing in the Brain Scanner - March, 2010 The British Psychological Society
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2010/05/opera-singing-in-brain-scanner.html
Music Instruction Aids Verbal Memory
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2003/07/music-memory.aspx
The Neurobiology of Musical Learning and Memory
Singing and longevity - 2002 china.org.cn
http://www.china.org.cn/english/Life/35673.htm
Childhood Music Lessons May Provide Lifelong Boost In Brain Functioning
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2011/04/music-lessons.aspx
Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined? World Science Festival 2009 w/Bobby McFerrin
http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/video/notes-neurons-full
Article relating to the health benefits of singing and several studies in Alzheimer's/Dementia, Anxiety/Stress and COPD
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/176316.php
Music Aids Alzheimer's Patients in Remembering New Information
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100512112314.htm
Can singing help your marriage?
http://www.hitchedmag.com/article.php?id=857
How music affects us and promotes health
http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtml
Music Therapy in Geriatric Care
http://www.mtabc.com/page.php?60
Keeping Body and Soul in tune
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/26/healthandwellbeing.fitness
Music Therapy Comprehensive Research Bibliography
http://www.coastmusictherapy.com/articles/researchbibliography.html
Music Benefits the Brain Research
http://www.nammfoundation.org/research/music-benefits-brain-research-reveals
MuSICA: The Music & Science Computer Information Archive
The Center for Biomedical Research in Music
http://www.colostate.edu/depts/cbrm/
American Music Therapy Association
Music Therapy and Autism in the Special Education Setting
Sing More, Snore Less
http://musiclchairz.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/sing-more-snore-less/
Music To Have Surgery By
http://musiclchairz.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/music-to-have-surgery-by/
Drum Up Your Immunity
http://musiclchairz.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/drum-up-your-immunity/