Music Calls Up Alzheimer-Free Regions of Brain

The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease has published a study that says music stimulates parts of the brain unaffected by Alzheimer's Disease, reports Business Standard . Researchers conducted the study to explore music-based treatments to alleviate anxiety for people with dementia. The researchers helped participants select songs that were placed on a portable music player. The results of the study revealed that music activates the brain and causes whole regions of the brain to communicate. Researchers said music caused activity to increase in the visual network, the salience network, the executive network, and the cerebellar and corticocerebellar network pairs. Researchers do not know if this increased activity is a long-term or short-term result.