Boundaries and potentials of traditional and alternative neuroscience research methods in music therapy research

Hunt, Andrea McGraw

doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00342

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“…Brain structures and networks related to music processing of many kinds, including music perception, emotion and music, and sensory processing and music, have been discovered by psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists (Hunt, 2015 ). Recently, there has been an increase of research that relates music and emotion within neuropsychology (see e.g., Peretz, 2010 ).…”

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Influence of Tempo and Rhythmic Unit in Musical Emotion Regulation

Fernández-Sotos

Fernández-Caballero

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2016

Front. Comput. Neurosci.

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This article is based on the assumption of musical power to change the listener's mood. The paper studies the outcome of two experiments on the regulation of emotional states in a series of participants who listen to different auditions. The present research focuses on note value, an important musical cue related to rhythm. The influence of two concepts linked to note value is analyzed separately and discussed together. The two musical cues under investigation are tempo and rhythmic unit. The participants are asked to label music fragments by using opposite meaningful words belonging to four semantic scales, namely “Tension” (ranging from Relaxing to Stressing), “Expressiveness” (Expressionless to Expressive), “Amusement” (Boring to Amusing) and “Attractiveness” (Pleasant to Unpleasant). The participants also have to indicate how much they feel certain basic emotions while listening to each music excerpt. The rated emotions are “Happiness,” “Surprise,” and “Sadness.” This study makes it possible to draw some interesting conclusions about the associations between note value and emotions.

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Influence of Tempo and Rhythmic Unit in Musical Emotion Regulation

Fernández-Sotos

Fernández-Caballero

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2016

Front. Comput. Neurosci.

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“…Indeed, a music performance requires fine cognitive abilities, is possible only thanks to a continuous feedback received from the partners and is intimately related to emotions. Our arguments flourish in the context of several recent theoretical and experimental studies that have been employed successfully music performance ( Lindenberger et al, 2009 ; Overy and Molnar-Szakacs, 2009 ; Babiloni et al, 2012 ; Müller et al, 2013 ; D’Ausilio et al, 2015 ; Hunt, 2015 ). One may argue that a musical performance requires highly specialized skills disabling the generalization to the general population.…”

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Music Performance As an Experimental Approach to Hyperscanning Studies

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Congedo

Riddeer

2016

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Humans are fundamentally social and tend to create emergent organizations when interacting with each other; from dyads to families, small groups, large groups, societies, and civilizations. The study of the neuronal substrate of human social behavior is currently gaining momentum in the young field of social neuroscience. Hyperscanning is a neuroimaging technique by which we can study two or more brains simultaneously while participants interact with each other. The aim of this article is to discuss several factors that we deem important in designing hyperscanning experiments. We first review hyperscanning studies performed by means of electroencephalography (EEG) that have been relying on a continuous interaction paradigm. Then, we provide arguments for favoring ecological paradigms, for studying the emotional component of social interactions and for performing longitudinal studies, the last two aspects being largely neglected so far in the hyperscanning literature despite their paramount importance in social sciences. Based on these premises, we argue that music performance is a suitable experimental setting for hyperscanning and that for such studies EEG is an appropriate choice as neuroimaging modality.

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“…Like all experimental research, research in music, music therapy, and neuroscience is carefully structured to ensure the reliability, integrity, and stability of findings. This includes controlling for various intervening factors pertaining to individual variability, stimuli characteristics, music delivery and environmental context ( Hunt, 2015 ) which may affect the results and their interpretation and generalizability. With ongoing research, these factors have been controlled and planned in advance, especially in pre-post design models, where the pre-assessment provides a baseline and any changes (outcomes) are then considered attributable to the effects of the music intervention or activity.…”

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Mitigating the Impact of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic on Neuroscience and Music Research Protocols in Clinical Populations

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The COVID-19 disease and the systemic responses to it has impacted lives, routines and procedures at an unprecedented level. While medical care and emergency response present immediate needs, the implications of this pandemic will likely be far-reaching. Most practices that the clinical research within neuroscience and music field rely on, take place in hospitals or closely connected clinical settings which have been hit hard by the contamination. So too have its preventive and treatment measures. This means that clinical research protocols may have been altered, postponed or put in complete jeopardy. In this context, we would like to present and discuss the problems arising under the current crisis. We do so by critically approaching an online discussion facilitated by an expert panel in the field of music and neuroscience. This effort is hoped to provide an efficient basis to orient ourselves as we begin to map the needs and elements in this field of research as we further propose ideas and solutions on how to overcome, or at least ease the problems and questions we encounter or will encounter, with foresight. Among others, we hope to answer questions on technical or social problems that can be expected, possible solutions and preparatory steps to take in order to improve or ease research implementation, ethical implications and funding considerations. Finally, we further hope to facilitate the process of creating new protocols in order to minimize the impact of this crisis on essential research which may have the potential to relieve health systems.

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Boundaries and potentials of traditional and alternative neuroscience research methods in music therapy research

Cited by 15 publications

References 15 publications

Influence of Tempo and Rhythmic Unit in Musical Emotion Regulation

Influence of Tempo and Rhythmic Unit in Musical Emotion Regulation

Music Performance As an Experimental Approach to Hyperscanning Studies

Mitigating the Impact of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic on Neuroscience and Music Research Protocols in Clinical Populations

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