Northwestern University
Clinically Designed Improvisatory Music (CDIM) is a form of improvised music based on calm-inducing sound parameters which brought relief to our cohort of neurology patients. As a direct sound-based approach, CDIM does not rely on autobiographical memory and may have wider applicability and generalizability. We wish to examine if CDIM decreases anxiety in 15 cognitively healthy individuals and 15 Alzheimer Disease patients with anxiety (AD-A).
The goal of this study is to identify the neural mechanisms of induced calmness through live clinically designed improvisatory music (CDIM) in cognitively healthy individuals and persons with Alzheimer's dementia suffering from agitation. This study is novel as most music interventions for dementia use familiar music and the underlying neural mechanism of calmness induced by music is not well known. We plan to investigate changes in 3 major large-scale brain networks using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The major questions we plan to answer are as follows: 1. How does improvisat…
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Cognitively healthy individuals Cognitively healthy control participants evaluated through the Northwestern Mesulam Center. BAI \> 8. Exclusion Criteria: hearing loss 2. Individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease This group will similarly be recruited through the Mesulam Center. All individuals recruited by the research Core at the center are well characterized tests standardized across all NIH funded Alzheimer Centers across the nation. Individuals with mild to moderate neurocognitive disorder due to AD will have an MMSE greater than \>15 and Clinic…
Clinically Designed Improvisatory Music (CDIM) is a form of improvised music based on calm-inducing sound parameters which brought relief to our cohort of neurology patients.
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