New Podcast Explores How Persons With Dementia Experience Music

Therapist and researcher Orii McDermott's groundbreaking investigation into how music affects people with dementia is the subject of the first episode of the new podcast series, "How Researchers Changed the World," reports EurekAlert . McDermott says her research into this phenomenon stemmed from her frustration in not fully understanding the experience of persons with dementia when she played music to them. This fueled her determination to help clinicians quantify this experience in order to improve the subjects' day-to-day lives. "Music is very much about connecting with people, connecting with the external world," McDermott notes. "How Researchers Changed the World" can be accessed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Android podcast providers, as well as through http://www.howresearchers.com .