Future research direction from the perspective of music therapy

Abstract

Authors and colleagues have continued various activity and research of music therapy in Shikoku Island division of Integrative Medicine Japan (IMJ) for years. There are scientific methods for studying music therapy, in which near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used for monitoring tissue oxygenation.It would be important to consider the method for not only the quantitative and qualitative research axes, but also the impressions for the music and art from each subject. Among them, Mixed Method Research (MMR) has been applied so far. We expect that further research in various perspectives will be developed in the future.